horchatan.
/ɔːˈtʃatə/ A popular Spanish and Latin-American chufa-flavoured soft drink.
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1859 in Cent. Mag. (1898) Dec. 312 Orchata is also a favorite drink; it is made from the juice of almonds, and is as white as milk.
1922 J. Hergesheimer Bright Shawl (1923) 63 She preferred rather than an ice, an orchata, and sipped it slowly.
1932 E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon xx. 271 The taste of horchata, ice-cold horchata.
1968 J. M. White Nightclimber ii. 9 I debate whether to order a horchata or a zumo de limón, and when the waiter arrives I ask for the latter.
1969 R. De Sola & D. De Sola Dict. Cooking 121/1 Horchata, almond-flavoured soft drink popular throughout Latin America and Spain.
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