Summer Specialty · 'To Die Dreaming'

Morir Soñando

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Its name means 'to die dreaming,' and the trick is temperature and order: everything well chilled, and the juice poured slowly into the milk, never the other way round, or it curdles.

Morir soñando blends fresh orange juice, evaporated milk, sugar, and ice into a pale, creamy, citrus drink, with the juice stirred slowly into cold milk so the acidity doesn't split it. It's a Dominican summer staple sold from juice stands and made at home across the country.

Why it's made this way: The drink is considered uniquely Dominican rather than shared regionally, and its dreamy name has made it a point of local culinary pride.

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