Comments on: A Dozen “Other” South American Cocktails

By: Olli Umke

Olli Umke — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:52:53 +0000

hmmm never thought of it this way, however I don’t totally understand it….

By: Grace Della

Grace Della — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:49:16 +0000

Wow. I have been looking for this information for a long time, thanks Liz for this post! interesting to learn Chile has so many drinks – got to get down there some time to try them!

By: eileen

eileen — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:59:29 +0000

I like your list. I would add that the fruit in canelazo is actually naranjilla, not an orange, but part of the nightshade family, like the tomato. It’s fabulously delicious as a juice or mixed into a yogurt smoothie, or even in canelazo. There’s a Colombian juice place up in Providencia which I wrote about here: http://bearshapedsphere.blogspot.com/2009/08/latin-american-fruits-in-gasp-santiago.html where they have lulo juice (from pulp, with or without sugar, you decide). Lulo is what naranjilla is called outside of Ecuador (Colombia, Peru, not sure where else).

I tried jote for the first time not long ago. I felt like it made my teeth furry. Imagination? Perhaps. But I didn’t go back for more!

By: Annje

Annje — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:57:02 +0000

Not a coke fan! That’s like blasphemy! I have never tried jote–I love coke and I love wine, but I just can’t imagine mixing them (and I don’t love cough syrup).

What was the difference between caipiroska and caipirinha?