I recently returned from a vacation in Southern California, where I mixed in some work between Disneyland, whale watching and playing in the Pacific Ocean. After watching my 19-year-old son and the rest of Chicago Danube Swabians — a German folk-dancing group — participate in a Landerstrachtenfest in Anaheim, we got the chance to explore California and sample a few beverages, too.
At a Vietnamese restaurant in Little Saigon, I sampled a Vietnamese iced coffee with condensed milk, Thai iced tea and sparkling fresh squeezed limeade. A sparkling pickled plum juice also was on the menu.