Drinks of the World, Page 4
Every drink here comes from a real culinary tradition somewhere on the map, from spiced chai and mango lassi to horchata, Thai iced tea, and the mojito. Here are 190 authentic recipes, each with its cultural story, ingredients, and step by step method.
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Papelón con LimónCaracas, Venezuela · easy · 1 h 10 minVenezuela's classic limeade: raw cane sugar (papelón) dissolved in water with lots of fresh lime, poured over ice.
Papelón con Limón Mote con HuesilloCentral Valley, Chile · easy · 9 h 30 minChile's iconic summer drink-dessert: whole dried peaches in a spiced cane syrup poured over cooked husked wheat, served ice-cold with a spoon.
Mote con Huesillo Colada MoradaPichincha (Andes), Ecuador · medium · 1 h 35 minEcuador's deep-purple Day of the Deceased drink: purple corn flour thickened with Andean berries, tropical fruit, and warm spices.
Colada Morada Api MoradoLa Paz, Bolivia · easy · 2 h 30 minA thick, hot Andean breakfast drink of ground purple corn simmered with cinnamon, cloves, and orange, served steaming with buñuelos.
Api Morado TereréAsunción, Paraguay · easy · 10 minParaguay's cold yerba mate, drunk through a metal straw from a shared guampa with ice water infused with crushed medicinal herbs.
Tereré Medio y MedioMontevideo, Uruguay · easy · 5 minMontevideo's celebratory apéritif: equal parts dry sparkling wine and dry white wine, poured cold and toasted at the table.
Medio y Medio MaubyDemerara (Georgetown), Guyana · easy · 2 h 30 minA dark, bittersweet Guyanese drink brewed from the bark of the mauby tree with cinnamon, cloves, and star anise, sweetened and served cold.
Mauby DawetParamaribo, Suriname · medium · 40 minA chilled Javanese-Surinamese cooler of sweet coconut milk over soft jelly strands, scented with lemongrass or pandan.
Dawet Ponche de CrèmePort of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago · medium · 15 minTrinidad's Christmas eggnog: eggs beaten with lime zest, evaporated and condensed milk, rum, and Angostura bitters, dusted with nutmeg.
Ponche de Crème KremasOuest (Port-au-Prince), Haiti · easy · 2 h 15 minHaiti's rich holiday drink: cream of coconut and sweetened milk spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, star anise, and vanilla, spiked with rum.
Kremas Morir SoñandoCibao, Dominican Republic · easy · 10 minThe Dominican "die dreaming": ice-cold orange juice and sweetened evaporated milk stirred together into a silky, creamsicle-like cooler.
Morir Soñando CoquitoSan Juan, Puerto Rico · easy · 2 h 10 minPuerto Rico's "little coconut": a thick, coconut-rich Christmas nog of coconut cream and sweetened milk spiced with cinnamon and spiked with rum.
Coquito Sky JuiceNassau, Bahamas · easy · 5 minThe Bahamas' true local drink: gin shaken with coconut water and sweetened condensed milk over ice, finished with fresh nutmeg.
Sky Juice Rum SwizzleHamilton, Bermuda · easy · 5 minBermuda's national drink: black and gold rum churned with pineapple and orange juice, lime, sugar syrup, and bitters into a frothy swizzle.
Rum Swizzle Bajan Rum PunchBridgetown, Barbados · easy · 5 minBarbados' classic rum punch, built by the island rhyme: one of sour, two of sweet, three of strong, four of weak, with bitters and nutmeg.
Bajan Rum Punch Awa di LamunchiWillemstad, Curaçao · easy · 5 minCuraçao's everyday limeade: fresh lime juice, sugar, and water over ice, still or sparkling, the island's go-to cooler.
Awa di Lamunchi Cocoa TeaSt. George's, Grenada · easy · 20 minGrenada's spiced breakfast cocoa, brewed from grated local cocoa balls with cinnamon, nutmeg, and bay, richer and less sweet than hot chocolate.
Cocoa Tea Sea MossCastries, Saint Lucia · easy · 35 minSaint Lucia's creamy seaweed tonic: Irish moss gel blended with milk, spices, and sweet condensed milk into a thick, nourishing drink.
Sea Moss Peanut PunchKingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · easy · 5 minA thick, sweet Caribbean milk punch of peanut butter blended with milk and condensed milk, spiced with nutmeg and vanilla.
Peanut Punch Ginger BeerSt. John's, Antigua and Barbuda · easy · 2 h 20 minAntigua's fiery homemade ginger beer: fresh ginger steeped with cloves and lime, sweetened and served ice cold, a Christmas staple.
Ginger Beer Kittitian SorrelBasseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis · easy · 4 h 25 minThe Christmas drink of Saint Kitts and Nevis: a ruby hibiscus (sorrel) infusion steeped with ginger, cloves, and cinnamon, sweetened and chilled.
Kittitian Sorrel Bush TeaRoseau, Dominica · easy · 15 minA fragrant Dominican herbal infusion of fresh lemongrass and garden herbs, steeped in hot water and lightly sweetened, drunk daily and for health.
Bush Tea Atol de EloteSacatepéquez (Antigua), Guatemala · easy · 30 minA warm, creamy Guatemalan drink of fresh sweet corn blended smooth and simmered with milk, cinnamon, and a little sugar, thick enough to spoon.
Atol de Elote PinolilloManagua, Nicaragua · easy · 10 minNicaragua's national drink: toasted ground corn and roasted cacao spiced with cinnamon and cloves, whisked into water and served cold.
Pinolillo Agua de SapoSan José, Costa Rica · easy · 20 minA cooling Costa Rican drink of unrefined cane sugar (tapa de dulce) melted with fresh ginger and plenty of lime, served ice cold.
Agua de Sapo Horchata de MorroSan Salvador, El Salvador · medium · 55 minEl Salvador's horchata: toasted morro (jícaro) seeds ground with sesame, pumpkin seed, peanut, cacao, and cinnamon, blended with water and served cold.
Horchata de Morro Horchata HondureñaSan Pedro Sula, Honduras · medium · 40 minHonduras's own horchata: toasted morro seeds and ground broadleaf coriander seed with rice and cinnamon, blended, strained, and served cold.
Horchata Hondureña ChichemePanama City, Panama · easy · 9 h 45 minPanama's creamy corn drink: soaked broken corn simmered tender, then sweetened with milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla, served cold or warm.
Chicheme Seaweed ShakeBelize City, Belize · easy · 30 minBelize's creamy Irish-moss drink: cultivated sea moss simmered into a gel and blended with milk, condensed milk, nutmeg, cinnamon, and vanilla.
Seaweed Shake SazeracLouisiana, United States · medium · 5 minThe official cocktail of New Orleans: rye whiskey stirred with sugar and Peychaud's bitters, served in an absinthe-rinsed glass with lemon peel.
Sazerac CaribouQuébec, Canada · easy · 15 minQuebec's Winter Carnival warmer: red wine fortified with whisky or brandy and sweetened with maple syrup, served warm or chilled.
Caribou Kava (Yaqona)Viti Levu, Fiji · easy · 15 minFiji's national drink: pounded pepper-shrub root strained through cloth into cool water, sipped from a shared coconut-shell bowl.
Kava (Yaqona) Koko SamoaUpolu, Samoa · easy · 15 minA thick, intense hot chocolate made from Samoa's own roasted, ground cacao, simmered with water and sweetened to taste.
Koko Samoa 'OtaiTongatapu, Tonga · easy · 20 minA chilled Tongan cooler of hand-grated watermelon and tropical fruit loosened with sweet coconut milk.
'Otai Papua New Guinea Highland CoffeeHighlands, Papua New Guinea · easy · 10 minA clean, bright cup of single-origin Arabica grown in the cool Papua New Guinea highlands, brewed black.
Papua New Guinea Highland Coffee Flat WhiteCanterbury, New Zealand · medium · 7 minA double shot of espresso under a thin layer of velvety steamed-milk microfoam, the antipodean cafe standard.
Flat White Lemon, Lime and BittersNew South Wales (Sydney), Australia · easy · 5 minThe classic Aussie pub refresher: lemonade and fresh lime with a swirl of aromatic bitters, over plenty of ice.
Lemon, Lime and Bitters Nakamal KavaEfate (Port Vila), Vanuatu · easy · 20 minVanuatu's famously strong kava: fresh pepper-shrub root ground and squeezed into water, drunk in one shell at dusk.
Nakamal Kava Tumunu (Bush Beer)Rarotonga, Cook Islands · medium · 2 daysThe Cook Islands' home-brewed orange "bush beer", fermented in secret and shared in a coconut-shell cup at a tumunu gathering.
Tumunu (Bush Beer) Young Coconut WaterNgerulmud, Palau · easy · 5 minThe clear, faintly sweet water of a green drinking coconut, opened fresh and served cold, sometimes with a squeeze of lime.
Young Coconut Water Te KareweTarawa, Kiribati · easy · 5 minKiribati's sweet coconut toddy: sap tapped from the palm's flower at dawn, drunk fresh, milky, and faintly fizzy.
Te Karewe JekaroMajuro, Marshall Islands · easy · 5 minThe Marshall Islands' intensely sweet coconut sap, collected from the flowering stalk and drunk fresh, often diluted with water.
Jekaro SakauPalikir, Micronesia · medium · 30 minPohnpei's ceremonial kava: pepper-shrub root pounded on a basalt stone and wrung through hibiscus bark into a thick, slippery brew.
Sakau Coconut WaterYaren, Nauru · easy · 5 minNauru's everyday thirst-quencher: the cool clear water of a green coconut, drunk straight from the shell.
Coconut Water KulauHoniara, Solomon Islands · easy · 5 minThe Solomon Islands' green drinking coconut, cut fresh from the palm for its cool, mineral-rich water.
Kulau KaleveFunafuti, Tuvalu · easy · 5 minTuvalu's fresh coconut toddy: sweet palm sap cut twice daily from the flower and drunk cool before it turns.
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