Guatemalan ponche, fruit punch is the most popular drink for the Christmas season. The fruit punch above was prepared from package from Delfresco which includes the following dried fruits: apple, sugar cane, raisins, dried prunes, manzanilla (yellow plums), guava, pineapple, plátano (plantain), tamarind, cinnamon, and hibiscus tea and I added allspice, fresh chopped apple, pineapple … Read more
Here’s a typical Guatemalan breakfast for Christmas, which is normally a quite day except for the fireworks and firecrackers which begin at 12am and continue through the night until dawn and for 10 minutes at 12pm again. Christmas in Guatemala is a family day, an occasion for strengthening the family bonds. Christmas is also a … Read more
Even though you can find ponche, fruit punch, year round in Guatemala and no town fair is missing the stands selling ponche de frutas, it is during the dry cool season when you find ponche almost everywhere you go to eat. The ponche above was prepared from package from Delfresco which includes the following dried … Read more