I enjoyed reading about orchata.
During early days in Canada and longing for the treat of which I had pleasant
memories of drinking in Goa, I found a few stores selling it, either Lebanese
or Italian, some labeling it as ‘Orgeat’. The Portuguese stores just didn’t
have it. Being a concentrate,
A discussion on Orchata started off on the Goa-Research-Net
(Yahoogroups) recently, after Dr Leopoldo da Rocha commented:
"This reminds me of another soft drink that was served only in
solemn occasions, such as weddings etc., normally in landed
gentry houses. Its name is orchata. After
