The most popular fresh waters of Latin America

The fresh waters, fruity or with cereals, such as horchata, are very well-known in Mexico. We have several famous ones, for example, alfalfa with lemon or pineapple, tamarind, tuna with mint, or the classic combination of horchata with strawberry.However, several countries in Latin America also have delicious flavored waters that you might be encouraged to try someday after getting to know them.One of the most popular is aguapanela from Colombia, also known as papelón con limón in Venezuela. This drink is made from panela or rapadura, a solid and unrefined sugar extracted from sugarcane, mixed with a bit of lemon juice. In Colombia, it can be consumed cold or hot.Another typical drink from Colombia is lulada, made from naranjilla or lulo, a fruit typical of the Valle del Cauca region. This fruit is crushed by hand and served with ice and lemon juice, resembling a smoothie.As a third mention, we have chicha, a drink known in several South American countries, such as Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru, to name a few. Chicha is produced by fermenting corn and, depending on the region, with other ingredients such as yucca or pineapple.From Chile, we have two other delicious drinks: mote con huesillo, made with dehydrated peaches, sweetened or caramelized juice, and wheat mote. Besides being served as a drink, it is consumed as a dessert.The second is malta con huevo, a drink often taken to cure hangovers, made from a mixture of malt and sugar with an egg.Similar to mote con huesillo, in Bolivia, they have mocochinchi, made with dehydrated peaches boiled with cloves, cardamom, and cinnamon, and caramel syrup, in addition to a traditional pineapple chicha.Did you already know them? Would you be encouraged to go on a gastronomic tour to try these drinks? Hopefully, yes!