Comments on: Agua Fresca 14. Horchata Rosa

By: Ji-Young

Ji-Young — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:16:39 +0000

Hi Alex,

Interesting that you should bring up rose petals. I was about to ask if the antecedent to the red food coloring was rose water or rose petals.

By: Rachel Laudan

Rachel Laudan — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:12:33 +0000

Thanks so much for those photos. Ricardo Muñoz makes a horchata very like the Oaxaca-GDL one you show at Azul y Oro in Mexico City.

Of course you’re dead right about Arabic drinks and that’s the next step in this wandering series.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:31:01 +0000

Forgot to add my picture of a Oaxacan Horchata I had in GDL for comparison!
http://flickr.com/photos/xguadalajarax/2611405612/

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:26:38 +0000

A friend and colleague who is from Los Altos de Jalisco also described to me a horchata to which you add chopped fresh rose petals. I gives a mild rose flavor to the drink which smacks so much of Arabic drinks. I am very intrigued.

I actually am not very fond of the lechera heavy horchatas – so much so I usually ask if its included or see if tastes are offered. For me, it brings it to an unbearable richness which does not work with the filling fritadas it usually accompanys!

In Guadalajara – if you ask specifically for ‘Agua de arroz” you recieve the traditional white.

Here’s a picture of 9 Esquina’s Horchata:
http://flickr.com/photos/xguadalajarax/page4/