Spain Explained
What is Horchata? (EP 42)
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Horchata is one of Spain's most famous non-alcoholic drinks: a cold, milky beverage made from chufa, a small brown tuber that grows underground in the sandy huerta just north of Valencia. Every glass carrying the Chufa de Valencia seal comes from 339 hectares worked by 240 farmers.
In this episode, we go deep (as always), tracing the word back to a Latin barley drink and follows the chufa from…