Canelazo is a hot drink of aguardiente with aguapanela and cinnamon, traditional in the cold highlands of Boyacá and Cundinamarca.
It’s heated in a water bath so the drink takes on the aroma of the cinnamon without boiling the aguardiente.
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Colombian Canelazo
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 12 glasses
- Category: Beverage
- Cuisine: Colombian
Ingredients
- 3 cups of aguardiente
- 3 cups of aguapanela (panela water)
- 6 cinnamon sticks
- Lime juice and sugar, for rimming the glasses (optional)
Preparation
- Mix, mix the aguardiente with the aguapanela and add the cinnamon.
- Heat, heat the mixture in a water bath, without letting it boil.
- Serve, serve it hot in clay mugs or thick glasses, rimmed with sugar if you like: moisten the rim with lime juice and dip it in sugar.
Tips
- Don’t let the mixture boil: the water bath heats it without evaporating the alcohol.
- Use clay mugs or thick glasses, which keep the heat.
Traditional variations
In Nariño, people also drink hervido, a hot drink of fruit juice with aguardiente.
How to serve
Serve it hot, in clay mugs or sugar-rimmed glasses.
Recommended pairings
- Almojábanas
- Fresh farmer’s cheese
Did you know?
This is an alcoholic drink: enjoy it in moderation and only if you are of legal drinking age.
Frequently Asked Questions
Aguardiente, aguapanela, and cinnamon sticks, with equal parts aguardiente and aguapanela.
To warm it without letting it boil.
Moisten the rim with lime juice and dip it in sugar.
