Agua Fresca 21: Agua de Guayaba 1

Guayaba is the Spanish for guava.  Guava is not a common fruit in the US.  Perhaps the fact that it is full of hard seeds is the reason, along with…

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Agua Fresca 20: From Apricot Leather (Amardine)

Here’s an agua that I have never encountered in Mexico which is why there’s no name for it in Mexico.  And why there’s no drink of this kind, as we’ll…

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Agua Fresca 19: Agua de Jamaica, The Basics

Agua de jamaica (pronounced ag-wah de ham-ay-ca) is perhaps the most adorable of all the agua frescas.  It’s the dependabale agua you turn to when all else fails.  It’s made…

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