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Five historic establishments promote their artisan drink with a drink passport, a map and a guide with their health benefits and several possible combinations
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If in the 90s, the bakalao route triumphed in Valencia and its surroundings, in this second decade of the 21st century, it was the horchata route. The scene and the protagonists change: instead of fans of the makina dancing in huge nightclubs along the road to El Saler, now they are five historic establishments in Barcelona and Badalona that seduce thirsty gurmets of this popular artisan drink made with tigernut, the Valencian treasure that, after being mixed with water and sugar, tastes like heavenly music.
In order to The route, which begins this Friday and will end in September, has created a passport in which to stamp the drinks made in each horchatería. When completed, the sixth is free in any of them. They are Uncle Che (Rambla del Poblenou, 44), Sirvent (Parliament, 56), The bell (Princess, 36), La Valenciana (Aribau, 16) and Fillol (Sant Joaquim, 4, from Badalona). It has also been edited a map with the location of these establishments and a brochure with cocktails that allows this drink (with coffee, lemon, strawberry slushies, with a thousand and one flavors ice cream …) and its health benefits.
Vegan, gluten-free and … aphrodisiac?
In addition to being Refreshing and addictive, it is vegan, it does not contain gluten, it contains a good amount of iron and potassium, it adds the virtues of milk but without lactose, it is good for cholesterol… There is even a study out there that claims that it is aphrodisiac.
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A good way to promote the quality horchata that they make in these Family businesses created more than a century ago by people from Xixona or Valencia and whose current managers belong to fourth and fifth generations.
Let’s say, then, that horchata can already be considered Barcelona.
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