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A popular way to cool down in Spain or Mexico is to enjoy a sweetened rice-based drink called horchata. Easy to make if you think ahead a day, and flexible enough to have with or without alcohol. The recipe below is for a rum-based horchata cocktail, and it links to a recipe to make your own horchata base at home. Homemade horchata base allows you to experiment with sweetness, substitutions, and additions of fruit for non-alcoholic drinks as well.

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Rum Horchata craft cocktail with ingredients

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Horchata with rum: a cooling cocktail

Horchata with a little cinnamon vanilla syrup an some good rum is an excellent way to enjoy a Summer evening on the porch. Making your own horchata is easy if you think a day ahead of time!

Once you make the horchata base and the simple syrup you will have enough for a refreshing afternoon beverage for a week (unless you are relaxing with friends, and then you will only have enough for an evening). See the recipe for the cocktail below.

If you skip the horchata base and just make the cinnamon vanilla simple syrup, there are many different drinks you can make with the syrup. My favorites are:

Adding the syrup to hot cider or hot chocolate
Using the syrup in place of sugar in an Irish Coffee or other coffee cocktails
Adding 2-3 Tablespoons of the syrup to a tall glass of sparkling water for a wonderful Italian soda (tastes like cream soda only fresher)

Horchata Summer Cocktail

This cocktail is super easy once you have the horchata base made. If you don’t want to make the base you can purchase dry powder packages of horchata mix in the grocery stores but they are pre-sweetened. The base is easy but you have to think ahead a day.

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 0

Servings

Calories 212

Author Dorothy Stainbrook

Equipment

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Ingredients

¾ cup Horchata base diy or packaged mix
1 shot spiced rum
3 Tbsp. Cinnamon simple syrup if using unsweetened horchta base
cinnamon sticks or licorice roots for garnish

Instructions

Fill a rocks glass with ice.
Combine all of the ingredients (except the cinnamon stick or licorice root) in a cocktail shaker and fill the shaker with ice.
3/4 cup Horchata base, 1 shot spiced rum, 3 Tbsp. Cinnamon simple syrup
Shake vigorously and strain into the rocks glass.
Garnish with cinnamon stick or licorice root.
cinnamon sticks or licorice roots for garnish

Notes

Note: Here’s the details on making homemade horchata base, as well as DIY cinnamon vanilla syrup

Nutrition

Calories: 212kcalCarbohydrates: 51gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSodium: 94mgPotassium: 28mgSugar: 41gCalcium: 24mgIron: 2mg

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