Hinnowō

Hinnowō (< hinno ‘rich, thick, dense’ (generally used of food or prose) + -wō LS:water) is a category of non-alcoholic Otseqon beverage. It is made by combining some flavoring ingredient blended with water, honey (usually), and distinctively a red algae with high carrageenan content (usually Gracilaria sp.), producing a mildly sweet drink with a very thick consistency that I think most Americans would find odd but Otseqons really enjoy. It is served cold and generally consumed in the summer as a refreshing drink.

Common flavors include:


 * Sunflower seed
 * Kō
 * Citrus juice
 * Melon
 * Peanut (in the peanut-cultivating boats)
 * Mango (where it grows)
 * Raw kale (without any sweetener, drank as a health food, although almost universally considered to taste awful, even among its proponents)

etc

The flavor and texture of hinnowō is considered to be sawē or sammē, ‘refreshing, invigorating’.