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Aguas Frescas – Enjoy Mexican Flavor at Your Home

Mexican cuisines and beverages have always been favorites for those with love of good taste and great flavors. Amongst them, a lot of unique beverages of Mexico are there that have won hearts. Some include nuts and fruits while others include milk. A number of drinks amongst those which are available are served hot while few are catered chilled. Aguas Frescas is one of the most popular street beverages of Mexican origin made of fruit juices, sugar and water. Flavors common for this delicious drink are Strawberry, Pineapple, Mango, Watermelon, etc.

Available in most restaurants, bars and pubs around different countries, this drink can be served right at your home when you have parties for your guests. It is very easy with the electric mixer and blender designed by Hamilton Beach. Basically, all the users need to do when making Aguas Frescas is add some chunks of ice and fruit with water. Water can be replaced with other mixes, if people and party demand such choice. Or one can also keep it simple and go with the more conventional recipe of only water and sugar with different fruits.

Since Hamilton Beach blenders have plenty of capacity, it is easier to serve a massive pitcher at a party in one single go.  The fruits will mix with the water creating flavored syrupy sweet drink of Aguas Frescas that would barely add any calories to those who have it. However, it will be extremely healthy. So it can be good for the kids as well. Good in the summers, it can be refreshing and will have all the good elements of the fruits put into the blender. In addition, this drink hardly takes any time to make.

Most common and favorites of those who had it earlier is one with pineapple and also ginger. To get the right mix of flavors, first it is necessary to boil fresh ginger in water. The sugar has to be put into the mix in order to turn it sweet. Instead of adding the pineapple in chunks, one can use a Hamilton Beach blender to combine the flavors to the drink. Using water, it will be comfortable for the user to pour the drink. Strainers are available in this blender to remove seeds and pulp. It only takes about 30 seconds to get the perfect consistency of Aguas Frescas. To add variations, one can always cut some clumps of fruits and then decorate their fruit juice glass. It is always best for kids to cater non-alcoholic cocktails, which they love.

Some also prefers cucumber and lemongrass in their Aguas Frescas. It might seem they don't match with each other, however they are a perfect combination complementing into one. While lemongrass is made into syrup in a similar fashion as the ginger, the cucumber is blended with water and mixed in a high quality blender to get the perfect kick of flavors together.  Other than that, strawberry, thyme or banana and vanilla can be used. There are different fruits, flavors and herbs one can also add to the drink and innovate in their combination of taste. Instead of natural sugars, one can use healthy alternatives of sugar available from market. Apples and cinnamon are good Caribbean twist and also a winter style drink. At home with Hamilton Beach blenders, anything is possible.

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