As Fall starts making days shorter and nights cooler, I reminiscence of some Costa Rican traditions. One of them, is drinking "agua dulce". Agua dulce means "sweet water" and it's the most popular hot beverage after "el cafecito" (coffee). Agua dulce is a raw sugar block. The block is put in a pot at low temperature on the stove to melt. Then, it's added to water and/or milk- depending to preferences- to make agua dulce.
I can vividly remember "mi abuelita" (grandma) making me a cup before school and after dinner. Of course, that came along with fresh white corn tortillas that she made from corn kernels she ground herself and made into "masa" and then put in the wood stove we had outside in "la galera" (a covered deck).
So I will be making agua dulce for my children tonight as I teach them about our family traditions and history ¡Disfruten!
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