Read the first part MOST DELICIOUS DRINKS
and second part MOST DELICIOUS DRINKS II.
Pinna colada or Piña colada (Puerto Rico)
and second part MOST DELICIOUS DRINKS II.
Pinna colada or Piña colada (Puerto Rico)
This sweet rumbased
cocktail is made of pineapple juice, rum and cream of coconut and is served
either shaken with ice or blended. The drink can be garnished with maraschino
cherry or pineapple wedges. Since 1978, it was Puerto Rico’s official beverage.
The name has a literal meaning of “strained pine cones”
Yerba
Mate (South America)
The caffeine rich mate
or yerba mate is an infused drink which originated in South America mainly in
southern states of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and to a lesser degree
in Lebanon, the Bolivian Chaco, Syria and south of Chile. It is made by
steeping in hot water the dried leaves of the tree yerba mate. Mate is prepared
using a hollow calabash gourd with a metal straw called bombilla.
Carrot
juice (Global)
This is a healthy drink
best to include in diet plans and adequately sweet to be liked by kids. Carrot
juice is rich in β-carotene and B complex vitamins including folate and lots of
minerals like iron, copper, phosphorus magnesium, potassium and calcium. Carrot
juice is opaque unlike many other juices. Carrots were used for making juices
and soups for hundreds of years.
Despite its many
benefits too much consumption of carrots can result to temporary carotenoderma
which is a benign condition wherein the skin turns to orange.
Champagne
(France)
The sparkling wine
Champagne is created using grapes from the Champagne region of France by
adhering to rules that need secondary fermentation of the wine within the bottle which results
to carbonation. Specifically, the grapes used in creating Champagne are Pinot
Meunier, Pinot noir and Chardonnay. Other sparkling wines from other regions in
the world are produced from other grape varieties.
Caipirinha
(Brazil)
This national cocktail
of Brazil is made from lime, sugar and cachaça(sugar cane hard liquor). Cachaça
is the most known distilled alcoholic beverage in Brazil. Cachaça like rum is
created from sugarcane derived products. The alcohol of cachaça is a result of
sugarcane juice fermentation that is subsequently distilled.
Baileys Original Irish Cream (Ireland)
Baileys Irish Cream is a
cream based liquer and Irish whiskey created by Gilbeys of Ireland,
International Distillers & Vintners’s division as it was searching for
something to introduce for the international market. Recently, Diageo owns its
trademark.In 1974, it was introduced in the market to be the first Irish ice
cream
Chocolate
milkshake (United States)
Tequila(Mexico)
This distilled beverage is
created from blue agave plant commonly those found in the city of Tequila. The
traditional way on drinking Tequila in Mexico is neat without salt and lime. In
some regions, Tequila is taken in with a side of sangrita which is a sweet, spicy,
sour drink made typically with hot chillies, orange juice and grenadine or
tomato juice.
Sparkling
water (Global)
Sparkling water is also
known as fizzy water, soda water, club soda, carbonated water or seltzer water.
It is water wherein carbon dioxide under pressure is dissolved. The process
referred to as carbonation makes the water effervescent. Sparkling water is the
defining ingredients contained in carbonated softdrinks.