Horchata, the milky rice and cinnamon drink sold at taquerias, meets the dried fruit and oak of Cognac. It tastes like a cold, boozy rice pudding with a spiced finish.
1½ oz
cognac a VS works welle.g. Hennessy · Rémy Martin · Martell · Courvoisier · Pierre Ferrand
4 oz
horchata Mexican rice and cinnamon drink
Garnish: Ground cinnamon or a cinnamon stick · Ice: Ice cubes
Hennchata
Creamy, sweet and cinnamon-spiced, with dried fruit and a gentle warmth from the Cognac. Light and very smooth.
The Hennchata, a blend of Hennessy and horchata, is a recent drink from the Mexican-American food scene in California. It is often traced to a Mexican restaurant in San Jose in the 2010s, where it was served with the Cognac bottle upended in the glass so it slowly drained into the horchata. That presentation spread quickly on social media and made the drink famous far beyond the city.
At heart it is a simple creamy highball, built on horchata, the sweet rice and cinnamon agua fresca that is a staple of Mexican cuisine. Spirits and horchata were paired before, but this version gave the idea a name.
Mexican horchata is a sweet, milky-looking drink made from soaked rice, water, sugar and cinnamon.
No. Any VS Cognac or even a good brandy works the same way.
No. With 45 ml of Cognac in a long glass of horchata it is a mild, easy drink.
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