Venezuelan Drink Recipes
Papelón con limón on a hot afternoon, ponche crema at Christmas, chicha andina in the mountains and a cold Maltín from the panadería: these are Venezuela’s drinks.
+2Venezuela’s everyday drink is papelón con limón, cane sugar and lime over ice. The Andes make chicha andina from rice and pineapple, the holidays bring ponche crema, the creamy rum eggnog, and every corner sells Maltín Polar, fresh guarapo de caña and tropical batidos. Every recipe below is written for a home kitchen.
Papelón con Limón
Papelón dissolved in water with fresh lime juice and served over ice, the drink of every Venezuelan lunch table.
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A Guide to Venezuelan Drinks
Papelón, the raw cane sugar, is the base of Venezuela’s drinking culture: dissolved with lime it becomes papelón con limón, and pressed fresh it is guarapo de caña. In the Andes the drink is chicha andina, thick with rice and pineapple. At Christmas every family bottles ponche crema, and year-round the panaderías pour Maltín Polar and fruit batidos.
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