“Ade” is a generic term for a fruit-flavoured sweet drink. The fruit flavour is usually citrus — as in Lemonade or Orangeade — but not necessarily always so. There are, for example, recipes for “cherryade.” Fruit flavours can even be mixed. The drinks are non-alcoholic, but that doesn’t preclude space in the glass being reserved…
Cabbasisata is a non-alcoholic Sicilian drink made from tiger nuts. The tigernuts are soaked over night in water, then ground with the soaking water, to make a drink. The tiger nuts would have been boiled first to cook them, and would have been then dried and stored to have on hand. Cabbasisata is not encountered…
Carbonated Beverages are drinks that have had carbon dioxide added to them. Carbon dioxide is colourless and flavourless. Carbonated Beverages have as their base either carbonated water or soda water – which are considered Carbonated Beverages in their own right. Usually flavour and sweetener are added. Such beverages are mostly water, 90% and up (diet…
Carbonated water is water that contains a high amount of carbon dioxide in it, CO2, which makes the water bubbly and gives it a tangy taste. It is also known as Seltzer Water. Some artificially carbonated water is perceived by some people as being high in sodium. But, it shouldn’t be: Carbonated water is not…
Egg nog (aka eggnog) is a creamy, rich beverage based on eggs and cream that is very popular in the UK and in North America. Typically, it is served over the Christmas holidays.
Ginger Beer is a beverage made from ginger, yeast, a sugar (honey, molasses or sugar), and lemon juice. All homemade Ginger Beer will be alcoholic. Home made batches need anywhere from 1 to 2 weeks in the bottles before being ready to drink. During this time, the drink carbonates itself naturally in the bottles. Most…
Holiday Nog is a take on Egg Nog. It is a commercial beverage product made by the Francovich family in Reno, Nevada based on a recipe from their homeland in Petrovac, Serbia. It is made with cream, egg nog, spices, bourbon and gold rum, with no preservatives or artificial colouring. It is light-coloured, with specks…
Horchata is a Spanish, non-alcoholic drink made from Tigernuts. The nuts are soaked for 24 hours, then whizzed in a blender with the same water they soaked in. The mixture is sweetened with sugar, then chilled and served over ice with a sprig of mint. History Notes Started being about made the late 1600s. Horchata…
A Horchata is a thick beverage made in Spain and Mexico. It may be thickened with ground rice, almonds, or tigernuts (aka chufas.) It is more likely to be rice-based in Mexico; tigernut based in Spain. It may be flavoured with cantaloupe seeds, chocolate, cinnamon, coconut, fruit or vanilla. Alboraia in Valencia, Spain prides itself…
Horlicks is a malted milk powder that you mix with warm milk to make a drink. It is wheatier, and less malty-tasting than other such drinks. The basic ingredients Horlicks is malted barley, wheat flour and evaporated milk. It is now available in many flavours including original, chocolate, banana, strawberry, light, etc. Horlicks is served…
Jogging in a Jug is a vinegar drink made of apple cider vinegar, with mixed juices added to make it more palatable. Sold in 32 and 64 oz bottles, it is sold as a “A Dietary Supplement”, and carries a side disclaimer that “There is no scientific evidence that Jogging in a Jug provides any…
Kool-Aid® is a soft drink. It is made from flavoured powder that you dissolve at home in water, sweeten with sugar which you supply yourself, and then chill in the fridge or with ice cubes, or both. It is available in small packets that will make one jug; large households can buy the powder in…
Kvass is a alcoholic drink made in Russia. It ends up as a foggy liquid with yeast suspended in it, and has a very low alcohol level. In households, the most common way to make Kvass was to toast rye bread or dry it out in the oven, and soak it in water allowing it…
Lemonade is a lemon flavoured beverage. There are two main colour variations, yellow lemonade and pink lemonade. There are also many variations in how it is made, with the main two styles being European, and American. European-style lemonade: a soft drink In Europe, lemonade is a clear, fizzy commercially-made lemon-flavoured soft drink. In the UK,…
Pennywort Drink is an Asian drink made from fresh pennywort leaves, water, sugar syrup and ice, mixed and frothed in a blender. It tastes like ice tea with a mossy or lettucey tone to it, and bitter tones. It is sold commercially in tins, just like a soft drink. Nutrition It is considered by many…
Postum is a powdered beverage mixture. You mix it up with hot water, just as you would instant coffee. You can also use hot milk. It is made from wheat, bran and molasses. History Notes Postum was developed by Charles William Post in 1894 (born 1854 in Illinois – 1914.) He made it as a…
Sciala Cori is a cold, sweet, non-alcoholic Sicilian drink that is not made much anymore. It used used to be sold by men from carts in village squares. You’d bring your own glass from home to the cart. The vendor would have a block of ice, from which he’d make shavings to put in your…
Soft drinks are a relatively new concept in human history. Before their advent, there was no beverage you could make that wouldn’t have eventually fermented, and become alcoholic. Soft drinks are anything non-alcoholic. The description “soft” comes about because anything containing alcohol is assumed to be “hard.” Generally soft drinks are made from water, a…
