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Chaya Juice
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Chaya leaves are mildly toxic raw and must be cooked before blending, a preparation step passed down through generations of Yucatec Maya cooks.
Cooked chaya leaves, a Yucatec 'tree spinach,' are blended with pineapple juice, lime, and sugar into a bright green, refreshing drink. Juice carts around Orange Walk Town sell it cold from large jugs.
Why it's made this way: Chaya is a Yucatec Maya staple green, and Orange Walk's Mestizo community, rooted in Yucatec migration, kept the plant and its juice as part of everyday local drinking culture.
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