An Ethiopian recipe for a wine called tej uses just three ingredients — water, yeast and honey. An Ethiopian recipe dating back thousands of years for a wine called “tej” uses just three ingredients — water, yeast and honey. “Ethiopian honey wine, or tej fermented beverage, is made from honey, and dates back more than 3,000 years, the time of Queen of Sheba,” Negussie said. “She got a chance to try both wines, the grape wine and the honey wine, and she was falling in love with the honey wine,” Negussie said. “And she learned how the honey wine is made from the honey and what kind of yeast is right for the honey wine.
