

Great Costa Rican Drinks Costa Rican Juices Looking for Costa Rica cocktails? Try our guide. Related post: Saving Money In Costa Rican Restaurants These are also known as Costa Rican smoothies.Įxpect to pay between $2-3 for a natural juice, and expect to fall in love with them! I will note that cooks in Costa Rica tend to be quite heavy-handed with the raw cane sugar, so if you are diabetic it’s good to indicate that when ordering. So you might have a fresco de mango, which is mango juice, or a batido de mora which is essentially a blackberry shake. On a restaurant menu, you will usually see the different types of fruit available and then you can just order the drink as a fresco natural or as a batido de which is in milk. The natural juices in water are referred to as aguas frescas in Mexico, but the way we make them and consume them is the same. There are two type of jugos naturales- en agua and en leche. You will usually find that Costa Rican cocktails are made with fresh juices. Instead, the fruit is blended with water and then strained through a fine mesh colander before mixing with sugar and more water. Natural juices are very rarely if ever, made with a juicer. The afternoon is for drinking coffee or agua dulce. Lunches in restaurants and sodas (such as casados will generally come with fresh juice included in the price.

You will generally have both coffee and juice with breakfast- first coffee and then a natural juice (usually homemade orange juice).
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