| You are on a wonderful vacation in Spain. But you | | | | peaches, or mangos. |
| are feeling inadequate on your trip. You took an | | | | Really, there is no rule on how to make Sangria. |
| imperative action to throw your travel guide book | | | | The rough guideline of Sangria making is wine and |
| away. That is it! No more get trapped in the | | | | fruits mixture. To refine your recipe, you may |
| infested tourist sites! You build up a courage to | | | | use another alcohol, fruit juice, soda water, |
| get off the beaten path with your wielded past | | | | sparking water, and/or even use sugar. |
| Spanish lessons. You ventured into the community | | | | The restaurants have their own recipe. The |
| of partying Spaniards. | | | | Sangria you drank is the bar's best kept secret |
| Tourist to Traveler | | | | recipe, the most traditional and authentic drink. I |
| "Where is everyone?", she thoughts. Glanced at | | | | must say you have found the hidden treasure in |
| the watch and it read out 1:35 a.m. "Dónde | | | | the Spain. Frankly, The bar next door will have |
| está el partido?", she yells at the | | | | Sangria. I regret to said, lot of them are making it |
| bartender. | | | | cheap due to mass of tourists want to taste the |
| He fixated a baffle look at the tanned blonde lady. | | | | true Spanish therefore the bar want to have |
| "Oh no, not another American, said under his | | | | large quantity and sells it 8 time the cost in order |
| breath. | | | | to make profit. |
| "Grab a seat, lady". | | | | You will be surprise how easy and inexpensive |
| "You speak English?", the lady answered | | | | Sangria can be made. I am not said it is a cheap |
| surprisingly. | | | | drink. It happens to be cheap by nature and it is |
| The lessons on Cultural Begins | | | | great and fun to drink. You get alcohol, fruits and |
| "Would you like some Sangria?", asked the | | | | combine it together. You let it melds just like you |
| bartender. | | | | marinates your food. That is the Sangria you |
| "You want me to drink blood!?!", the lady taunted. | | | | drink. |
| "Sangria, Sangria, not blood. Sangria derived from | | | | Cultural Transform |
| the word Sangre. Yes, lady, it meant blood.", the | | | | "¿Puedo comprar le yo una bebida?", said |
| bartender explained. | | | | the fashionable handsome Spaniard as he grab the |
| "Earlier, you asked me where the party is. You | | | | barstool next to her. |
| are an early bird." As the bartender continues to | | | | The bartender observes the room. |
| explain, "People here start party around 2 a.m. | | | | The lady translates few words deliberately and |
| Safe to said, the place here will get packed after | | | | reply, "Drink me no", as she shook her finger. |
| 2:15 a.m." | | | | "I bet you it is around 2 a.m." the bartender |
| "Wow! This is unlike us. We start around 8 p.m. | | | | reckons. |
| and end at maybe midnight." | | | | She checked her watch and it read out 2:11 a.m. |
| "The Spaniards know how to have fun." the | | | | Suddenly, she felt her wrist being grabbed. "Senor! |
| bartender laughs. | | | | Give me my watch back now!" |
| "This Sangria is good!". How do you make it?" | | | | "No!" |
| "It is a secret.", bartender answered. | | | | "We must stop and smell the roses, lady. Not only |
| As the American and the bartender continues | | | | occasionally but, we must do it often." As the |
| their lessons on the Spanish living. | | | | bartender debates, "Time is an important tool but |
| The Sangria has been popular drink in Europe for | | | | not making a life chained to the time. Learn to |
| hundred years. The basic recipe consists of | | | | control your destiny as you are master of your |
| Spanish wine, Rioja, and fruits. In some Europe | | | | time, not a servant." |
| countries used claret or Bordeaux. It occurs during | | | | "Look!" as the bartender scans the room with his |
| maybe 1800s. The Sangria make its first | | | | finger. The lady's eye feasts the room. The |
| appearance in America in 1964 at the World's Fair | | | | patrons banter, barmaid walk by with tray full of |
| in New York. The Sangria began to spread in | | | | drinks, the couple flirts madly in the corner, and |
| America. | | | | across the room another group of patron sings |
| Today to this day, there are many different | | | | gleefully. |
| recipes. Fruits mainly are oranges, apples, and | | | | "What time do you think this party will end?", the |
| lemons. It does not necessary restricts to the | | | | bartender challenged. |
| ingredient or red wine and fruits. Some people add | | | | "4 a.m.?" |
| rum, brandy, or even vodka to the Sangria. | | | | "Find out.", the Bartender answered with a smirk, |
| When you see the Sangria with the words | | | | "It is only the way you can experience authentic |
| following, Sangria Blanco, it means that Sangria is | | | | Spanish living." |
| making from white wine. As you know your basic | | | | "Take two aspirins and see me to claim your |
| Spanish, blanco means white. Sangria Blanco | | | | watch in morning.", joked the bartender. |
| maybe will align with fruits that such as kiwis, | | | | |