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Chicha: Nectar of the Incas

By Rachel Laudan July 11, 2008 Drink, Oddities and Things that Don't Fit 4 Comments

“Here and there we got huge glasses of chicha, the favorite native beverage, at a cent or two each. So many travelers have pictured the making of this by toothless…

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Agua Fresca 7. Barley Water

By Rachel Laudan May 19, 2008 Drink, Food History 26 Comments

This, my friends, is a nice glass of barley water: milky in color, so mild in flavor as to be almost tasteless, a little body on the tongue, and one…

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