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Cafe con leche, cooking with hibiscus, DRAGON FRUIT, Maracuya, Mora Juice, PITALLY, Where's My Backpack Liquid
Cafe Con Leche, Anyone?
Ailsa, from where’s my backpack, asks for images of liquid. My first thoughts for this post flowed to natural streams, rivers, lakes, oceans. I then pondered the many liquids that we consume, so here are some of my favorite images that might make you wistful to sample these drinks!
Cafe con leche: Poquito mas, por favor!
The people’s favorite: Coffee Cat!
Would you rather have something cool and refreshing?
Sip a cool “Maracu-ita” and float your worries down the stream!
Hibiscus Starfruit Infusion Tea
Pitalla/Dragon Fruit Freeze! (Well, not quite frozen!)
“Mora” juice at breakfast at Hacienda Guachala, Cayambe Ecuador (Latitude Zero)
Start the morning with fresh mora (blackberry) juice! Hacienda Guachala/Ecuador
See more images for the travel theme of Liquid at Where’s My Backpack! Thanks, Ailsa! Z
Yes to all the above.
You’d love the food and drink here in Ecuador!
Que bueno! 🙂
Grrrrrrrrrracias!
I feel thoroughly refreshed!
it is my pleasure to serve you visual refreshments today!
Looks delicious and I love the coffee cat 🙂
thank you! that was such a sweet cat! it acted as if it belonged to us – or we belonged to it! z
Love it 🙂
You are making me thirsty!!!!
lo siento! i suspect you have some great options in your cupboard! red zinger had hibiscus in there!
z
I love hibiscus! I had that drink in Guatemala and fell in love with it! 🙂
Love the coffee cat – I think she was waiting for the leche!
si.. or some of that amazing queso fresco! that cheese was so good!
delisioso….yes please
con mucho gusto! :))
On this chilly November day in the pacific northwest, I’ll stick with the coffee – really, you’re killing me with these coffee pictures. :))
ja! i hope they didn’t torment you too much! lo siento/so sorry! 🙂 z
I used to go to a little Mexican diner in Tucson for coffee con leche every morning before work–unfortunately now that I live in St. Louis I can’t find anywhere to get it.
Too bad that no one offers cafe con leche; it so siimple to make! It’s so comforting on a cold morning!
Thanks for your comment!
Z
am thirsty now, one of each please… 🙂
Would that be to go or to drink here, madam?!!!
here 😀 I wish!
refreshing ..have to learn how to make the tea,,,
The next time you’re out on a walk start spottting where the hibiscus plants are located. People are happy to share! Make the hibiscus tea just like you would regular tea. Add lemon right before you drink it and watch the magic when the deep purple reacts with the citric acid!
z
Now, those look like some lovely liquids, my friend. Makes me thirsty!
Hugs,
Kathy
Thanks.. I brew a large ‘soup pot’ of the hibiscus/mint every morning and drink the room-temp tea all day long. just took my heart rate/pulse, and it was … i forgot, i think 53, very low. my reflexologist friend predicted that i would live forever!!!
i credit painting, but i also give the tea a big nod. some days i add fresh ginger.
z
Recipe?!
i have hibiscus in the yard, so i go outside and pick 20 or 30 flowers.. the more the better. i pick fresh mint, and sometimes lemongrass. sometimes i add fresh ginger root. bring a soup pot of water to a boil, then drop in the flowers/herbs, stir, cover with lid, lower the flame to very low, and let it simmer for ten to fifteen minutes.
hibiscus is in the okra family, so the tea gets a slightly-thickened consistency. i drink it warm, about body temp in the morning and room temp the rest of the day. depending on how many flowers/how much water, i usually add more water. many times i pour it all into a blender and give it a whirl. i often add banana or papaya when using the blender. otherwise for the morning i use a little sweetener – we have juan valdez light which is half brown sugar and half stevia, and i add lemon. the rest of the day i drink it ‘sin azucar.’
hope that helps!!!
z
THANKS
I’ll have to try it!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT!!!
i am so glad that you enjoyed it! would you like a little dessert to go with your tea/coffee?!!!
z
Yes, please!
Love your idea of liquids! 🙂
The drinks all look wonderful, actually the ambiance looks wonderful surrounding the drinks, sigh! (I thought you might have heard me sigh so I stuck it in just in case!) 🙂
and did you hear me chuckle?!!! i’m lucky to live where these ingredients are nearby and inexpensive. bought eight grapefruit for one dollar today.. yum yum yum! z
Ohhhh, just lucky you!
Ahh, delicious! Well, yes….now, I am very, very thirsty for those wonderful drinks!
thanks! yes, we have a great selection of amazing fruits for natural drinks! z
Love your take on this prompt. 🙂
thank you! makes me want to whir something in the blender now! z
I am really thirsty now and will try one of each : )
Especially the fruit freeze!!
ah yes, that is so soothing on a hot day and equally nutritious! z
Can’t decide. I’ll take one of each. 😀
but of course! a progressive drinking experience! z
What a great series. I wasn’t thirty when I started, but by the last photo, I was ready for a cool frosty drink!
hey
i just returned from town, and now i am thirsty as well! thanks for reminding me that a good drink is just a few steps away! hmmm, how about maracuya and banana with a few fresh hibiscus thrown in as well?!!!
z
Fancy!
Yes, thank you, NOW I got very thirsty.
the good thing about living here is that we have great drinks to cool off, but we can also brew a fresh mint/ginger tea infusion for those cool mornings or evenings!
i hope that the winter’s not too cruel to all of you up and over there!
z
May I come live with you!!!????
That made me laugh! I suspect you will be a citizen of the world, and yes, you are always welcome here! Ecuadorians would love you!
Z
YES but I must admit I will be more frequent in warm climents and less in cold ones!!!