Horchata is legitimately that good. I've never had it bottled, but it's relatively cheap and easy to make. If I had the fridge space I'd have two jugs going at all times.
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Its also apparently good for your gut microbiome, which most people now seem to need help with.
https://www.biocodexmicrobiotainstitute.com/en/super-drink-horchata-and-its-effects-gut-microbiota
(Although this seems to be the Spanish version using Tiger nuts instead of rice.)
It's not hard to make and the tiger nards version is really good. We bought a fruit press so I can make it even more easily.
What's the non fruit press way?
Grind/blend the tiger nuts in water. Pour all of it into a cotton bag (like people use for Greek yogurt) or cheese cloth over a bowl, then squeeze the hell out of it until all the tiger nut milk is out. I still use a cotton bag, but cranking it with a press is WAY easier, faster, and more effective.
I don't think I could drink that just by looking at it, I'd probably need to involve my mouth somehow.
Looks like I'm the only one that severely dislikes liquid cinnamon toast crunch
Such a whiplash for me to see orxata mentioned! I used to think it was Spain's national drink as we always had it when we would visit my family. Only recently was I informed that it was a Valentian specialty and apparently not that popular (I only ever saw the orxata de xufa brand) And now you're telling me people outside of decking Catalunya even know about it! Amazeballs!
It is very popular in Mexico, central, and south America. It is also very popular in a lot of the US due to its ubiquity in Mexico.
Apparently they do but it's the Mexican variant where they imitate the chufa/Tiger nut flavour with rice and vanilla apparently. They don't know what they are missing.
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does anyone know the cultural reason behind latino drink jugs being a funny shape instead of a cylinder
It's not cultural: the ridges help the glass stay strong and resist temperature variation better while keeping the glass as thin as possible for better temperature transfer in the fridge.
how can it resist hot temperature change but be better transfer for becoming cold? the thermal transfer coefficients are the same, no? if it gets cold we'll in the fridge then it should get warmed up just as well when left out
Hell yeah I want a horchata!
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