Aguas frescas (Spanish for "fresh waters") are a combination of either fruits, grains, or seeds, and sugar and water, blended together to make a cheap and refreshing beverage. Although most common in Mexico, aguas frescas are also popular in Central America and the Caribbean. Some of the most popular flavors include agua de tamarindo (made with tamarind pods), agua de jamaica (made with hibiscus flowers), and agua de horchata (made with either rice or chufa nuts). In botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant. ... An assortment of grains The word grain has a great many meanings, most being descriptive of a small piece or particle. ... This writeup is about biological seeds; for other meanings see Seed (disambiguation). ... A sugar is a form of carbohydrate; the most commonly used sugar is a white crystalline solid, sucrose; used to alter the flavor and properties (mouthfeel, preservation, texture) of beverages and food. ... Water (from the Anglo-Saxon and Low German wæter) is a colourless, tasteless, and odourless substance that is essential to all known forms of life and is the most universal solvent. ... Central America is the region of North America located between the southern border of Mexico and the northwest border of Colombia, in South America. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... Binomial name Tamarindus indica The Tamarind (alternative name Indian date, translation of Arabic تمر هندي tamr hindī) is a tropical tree, originally from east Africa but now introduced into most of tropical Asia as well as Latin America. ... Species See text Hibiscus or Rosemallow is a large genus of about 200-220 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. ... Species Oryza barthii Oryza glaberrima Oryza latifolia Oryza longistaminata Oryza punctata Oryza rufipogon Oryza sativa References ITIS 41975 2002-09-22 This article is about the food grain, not the university or Condoleezza Rice; see also rice (disambiguation). ...
Two large jars of aguasfrescas in a taqueria in Seattle, Washington,USA.
Aguasfrescas (Spanish for "fresh (cold) waters") are a combination of either fruits, cereals, or seeds, and sugar and water, blended together to make a refreshing beverage.
Another type of aguasfrescas, popular in Carribean islands like the Dominican Republic, is made with oatmeal and a citrus juice.
Esperanza Bakery's Munoz remembers making and selling aguasfrescas with his brother outside the community school in the town of San Francisco, in the Mexican state of Guanajuato.
Baseball games, church festivals and fiestas on surrounding farms were all opportunities for the boys to make money selling cups of aguasfrescas made from whatever fruit was sweetly in season.
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