Typical drinks you can find in Barcelona

Soft drinks you will find in Barcelona:

- The orxata ( pronounced ?ortxata?), is one of the most refreshing drinks. It is manufactured with the juice of chufa a kind of papyrus which grows at the banks of the Guadalquivir.

- We can also find the granizado : orange or lemon juice, or coffee with crushed ice in large centrifugal machines. Sweetened, frozen and not expensive.

- In the plain of Lleida, you can find a drink called drink of the poor ( beguda de pobre), made from oranges, anise and sugar. It is surprising.

Typical Alcoholic drinks in Barcelona:

- Beer (cerveza): the most spread drink. Be careful when asking for a beer, in Spain, in a bar, when you ask for a beer it means a beer in a bottle. If what you want is a draught beer you have to ask for a ?caña?.

- Wine: The cradle of the growing wine is a few kilometers from Barcelona in the area called Pénedès. We can find red wines with powerful taste. Try the appellation d?origine wines, a certified quality.

- Vermuth al grifo: It is wine macerated with herbs and delivered in small barrels with aerated water.

- Cava: It is the Champagne, a wine semi-sparkling, very pleasant to drink, a bit fruity an greener than the French Champagne. There are different brands: Raïmat, Freixenet and Codorniu.

- Inland we can find the good ratafias.

- Moscatel: it is a sweet wine and often find with mel I mato (see desserts below). Not to miss!