How much powder goes in the jug
The pouch tells you how many servings are in it. It does not tell you how much goes in a two quart jug on a Tuesday, and that is the number everybody actually wants.
Cold jug
Agua Fresca Horchata
Rice and cinnamon, the cream-coloured classic
3.5 from 12 ratingsFrom $31.99Price shown at our last check and set by the store, not by us.
Ground rice, milk and shaved cinnamon go into this powder so you can skip soaking a bowl overnight. The drink turns the color of heavy cream in the glass. It carries the dry bark warmth of the spice right away. A pitcher sits cold in the fridge until the ice melts.
Made for hot afternoons when a pitcher needs to sit on the table.
One pouch
1 kg
A serving here is a weight, not a glass. We divide the pouch by the number of servings printed on it, so the grams add up whatever size cup you drink from.
What goes into it
Real ground cinnamon
The spice hits before the glass reaches your mouth. We use real cinnamon bark ground down fine, so the cup carries that familiar woody warmth rather than a candy imitation. It stays balanced against the milk.
Rice at the bottom
Rice powder settles as the pitcher rests on the counter. That sediment is what makes horchata taste like the mercado stalls. Keep a long spoon nearby and give the jug a turn before you fill a cup.
Clean milky body
Milk powder rounds out the rice base and gives the drink its pale cream color. It is sweetened lightly to let the grain come through. Add cold water, stir briskly and drop ice cubes in at the end.
No shortcut powders
We leave out artificial flavors, dyes and artificial sweeteners. The pouch holds what we grind in Mexico and nothing else. You taste the toasted grain, the spice and the dairy in honest measure without a chemical bite.
Before you open it
The pages that carry the ratios and the timings for this one.
Horchata on water or on milk
Both are real answers, and people argue about it because both taste like the horchata they grew up with. What follows is what actually changes in the glass.
Made the same way
Stirred into cold water and poured over ice.
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Agua Fresca Horchata
A cold glass of rice, milk and real cinnamon, sweetened lightly and stirred straight into a jug of water.