Two large jars of aguas frescas in a taqueria in Seattle, Washington,USA. On the left is a jar of jamaica and on the right is a jar of horchata. Restaurant employees serve the drinks by ladling them from the jars into glasses.

Aguas frescas (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. 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 roselle), and agua de horchata (usually made with rice and cinnamon). Image File history File links ManekiNeko_horchata_jar. ... Image File history File links ManekiNeko_horchata_jar. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... Official language(s) None Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area  Ranked 18th  - Total 71,342 sq mi (184,824 km²)  - Width 240 miles (385 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 6. ... Two large jars of aguas frescas in a taqueria in Seattle, Washington, USA. On the left is a jar of jamaica and on the right is a jar of horchata. ... Popular Japanese fashion magazine throughout the 1990s; the photography of which has recently been reissued in two collections from Phaidon press. ... // “Grain” redirects here. ... This writeup is about biological seeds; for other meanings see Seed (disambiguation). ... Magnification of typical sugar In non-scientific use, the term sugar means sucrose, also called table sugar or saccharose, a white crystalline solid disaccharide. ... Water is a tasteless, odourless substance that is essential to all known forms of life and is known as the universal solvent. ... Map of Central America Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. ... World map depicting Caribbean : West Indies redirects here. ... Agua de tamarindo is an agua fresca drink from Mexican cuisine. ... Binomial name Tamarindus indica L. The Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) is the only species of the genus Tamarindus in the family Fabaceae. ... The drink Jamaica is a drink, popular in Mexico, that is made from calyces of the plant hibiscus sabdariffa, also known as Roselle_(Plant). ... Binomial name Hibiscus sabdariffa L. Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) is a species of hibiscus native to the Old World tropics. ... Two large jars of aguas frescas in a taqueria in Seattle, Washington, USA. On the left is a jar of jamaica and on the right is a jar of horchata. ... Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa Rice is two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southern & southeastern Asia and to Africa, which together provide more than one fifth of the calories consumed by humans[1]. (The term wild rice can refer to wild species... Binomial name Cinnamomum verum J.Presl Cassia (Indonesian cinnamon) is also commonly called (and sometimes sold as) cinnamon. ...

It is possible that from these aguas frescas the production of bottled fruit sodas such as Jarritos arose. Jarritos is a popular brand of soft drink in Mexico. ...

In Mexico the beverage is often sold by street vendors who ladle the juice into plastic bags. A straw is inserted into the opening and the top is taped or tied closed.

There is some confusion in terms internationally between the drinks referred to here and bottled soft drinks. In Guatemala, these are referred to as frescos, short for refresco which in Mexico means soft drinks. Soft drinks in Guatemala are called aguas, short for aguas gaseosas but easily confused with the Mexican aguas frescas. A soft drink is a drink that contains no alcohol. ...

Another type of aguas frescas, popular in Carribean islands like the Dominican Republic, is made with oatmeal and a citrus juice.

It may be made with other ingredients, mainly with liquefied fruits:

Sweet fruits

• Melon
• Papaya
• Watermelon
• Mango
• Guava

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• Lemon (squeezing with a juicer)
• Lime
• Orange (squeezing with a juicer)
• Pineapple
• Tamarind
• Strawberry
• Cucumber
• Soursop

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• Roselle water, like a cool tea
• Horchata, which is made with barley or chufa (root of Cyperus esculentus), and in Mexico is made often of rice, rarely of oat, and scented with vanilla
• Alfalfa, blending fresh alfalfa leaves with water

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External links

• Agua fresca recipe