Comments on: The Food Saga: The Drinks

By: Shantanu

Shantanu — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:09:13 +0000

Great post…but the part I liked best are the amazing pictures you took! The coconuts on the Panama border look different…not sure why they have hacked the skin off completely.

By: Zhu

Zhu — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:20:08 +0000

@sir jorge — Thank you!

@Soleil — Inca Cola is not that great to be honest!

@Bill Miller — There isn’t much meat in these green coconuts for some reason. I think there is another kind of coconut, a brown one, which has all the meat. This one is basically discarded after you drink.

@Bluefish — It takes some times to get used to I think.

@Khengsiong — The straw has a filtering end, which is basically bigger and has holes

@Sidney — Thank you!

@zunnur — Thank you! Coconut is quite exotic to me but I guess it is popular under the tropics.

@Scarlet — Malta… no. Just mate but I don’t think it’s the same thing.

By: Scarlet

Scarlet — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:18:14 +0000

Oh, you need to take me drinking with you next time.

I’m wondering if you’ve tried malta. It’s popular in Cuba and here in South Florida.

PS — You take THE BEST photographs, Chica! Chin-chin!

By: zunnur

zunnur — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:21:28 +0000

Its nice to know about the various drinks available around the world, and of course its even greater to have a chance to taste them.
All the drinks mentioned are new to me, except for coconut water, and of course Coke and Pepsi. Young coconut water is widely available in my country especially during the warm season. Its not advisable to drink it during rainy season as you can easily get cold. Coconut water is also used traditionally here to cure measles.
If I had a chance, I like to see the metal straw, bombilla.
Btw, you look great in the blue dress.

By: Sidney

Sidney — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:50:07 +0000

You all documented it very well! from food to drinks…this is a very interesting journey !

By: Khengsiong

Khengsiong — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:40:17 +0000

So you didn’t filter out the leaves when you drink mate?

By: Bluefish

Bluefish — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:07:09 +0000

I drank coconut juice once and it made me sick:(

By: Bill Miller

Bill Miller — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:21:42 +0000

I hope you are not running out of material. I would hate to see this end. I have never tried mate but would like to. I think I told you that I found Mexican coconut water in a can and liked it. When you drink from a fresh coconut what happens to the coconut meat inside? Do you chip it out and eat it? Is it wasted, recycled, unripe and inedible? Inquiring minds want to know.

By: Soleil

Soleil — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:41:08 +0000

I want to try some coconut water and mate now. Not sure about the Inca Cola though, bubble gum flavored pop sounds kind of weird.

By: sir jorge

sir jorge — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:16:19 +0000

another great post, those are soo cool. The colors are amazing in the photographs.