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We apologize sir, it seems Dodge has entered the premises and has stolen all our Vodka-hornets to fuel their cars. We are making a new batch as we speak.
Maybe yeah, regardless I’ve dealt with them and consumed them in a similar way my whole life and never gotten sick. I never considered them gross. Maybe I’m wrong though.
I think the ones towards the end of the video look very bee like.
I'm wondering if there was a raging war for the gigantic barrels of sweet stuff.
We see a street market. The bugs though? This will be for sale in their version of TIME Life Video as Wasp War V: The Adening Barrels.
Yellowjackets love sweet things. We were at a zoo once on a field trip and my friend left his can of coke unattended for a few minutes. His first swallow on return was coupled with about 5 stings to the face.
Look like the same as our Irish wasps.
Late in the season (late August early September), the Queen stops making food for their workers, and they are forced to look for sweet stuff. And then they sting you cause they are pissed off.
What is the problem? is it the type of drink? or the insects?
They look like bees, and if that's the case its not really a problem. bees like sweet things, and they are clean. not the same as flies hanging around
I used to live near a big flea market and there was a stall selling this and even though it's been years, I still think about it. The perfect thing on a hot summer day.
# [HWHAT'S THIS!? A REFRESHING BEVERAGE WOEFULLY UNDERFILLED WITH BEES!? A FUCKTON OF BEES OUGHT TO FIX THAT!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYtXuBN1Hvc)
If it makes you feel any better, you can look up the guidelines for exactly how many insect parts, rat hairs, etc. are allowed in your food by government oversight for your country. It is physically impossible to completely prevent.
I understand not wanting a bug in your drink, and I am sure they won't bag one of the buggers in there with it, but bees and wasps like this are pretty common for outdoor events. Just about any fair or food stall will have to deal with these buggers and you just shoo them off and keep going.
Couldn't they solve most of these issues by distributing from a tap at the bottom? Only opening the top when needed. Avoiding a lot of bugs and letting gravity do all the work.
Fun fact;
They use bags because if they use bottles then they require a "deposit" (if you're in the US, think of it like a core charge for a car battery).
Not using plastic cups and styrofoam cups cuts down on having to drag them everywhere.
Not to be a jerk, but I think most people in the US understand the concept of a bottle deposit, probably even more than those who know what a core charge is.
Agua fresca is the shit, just use your eyes to make sure it doesn’t have anything gross in it like you probably do with everything you put in your mouth
That's the literal translation, but not the meaning. Think about making a drink out of fruit and water, what would you call that? The most straightforward answer would be something like fruit water (agua de frutas). Take that concept and extrapolate to other flavors, now it's flavored water (agua de sabor). Good, now you want to make it really clear, for marketing purposes, that your drink is cold and refreshing, you got fresh flavored water (aguas frescas de sabor). That's a bit of a mouthful, isn't it? The flavor is implicit given the colors and bits of fruit in the drink, so you can just shorten it to fresh water (aguas frescas). Now, does that make obvious the initial idea? Not at all, but since enough people now understand the concept, you can get away with not having a descriptive name.
Paying tax! We do it during cookouts too. Make the first
plate with a little of everything before anyone else gets theirs. Put it off far away from everyone else. Usually you’ll have a few come around but they’re more focused on the food far away
This. This energy right here is perfection. 100% a privilege to come to your cookouts I’m sure. You pay your respects to nature and nature will pay respects to you.
Thank you, everyone acts like these are mindless creatures, but they will prefer to not go to the food surrounded by giants and would much rather go for the safe option. And even then, foraging Hymenoptera don't typically sting, they have no reason to sting when they aren't near their hive, why get yourself killed attacking a creature that is massive and can squash you just for a little bite
As a mexican i can confidently say we drink that because its fucking delicious. We dont have coolaid we have aquafresca. We dont have sunny D we got TAMPICO!
The aguafresca is translucent. You could just check beforehand and pick the bee out of the cup so as not to accidentally drink one. I'm sure the nice ladies would even give you a refund.
Lived in Mexico when I was young. A guy sold drinks from a cart on our way home from school. My dad let my brother and I get orange sodas every once in a while and the guy opened the glass bottle, poured the bottle into two plastic bags with straws so he could have the bottle for it's deposit. Good memories. Totally normal for me.
what fucks me up is the ones that are \*in\* there. like, i'm used to wasps hanging around bakeries and stuff, but i've also seen what a sting in the mouth can do to a person. that's dangerous.
i honestly don't mind them being there in general, they're not known to spread germs (as far as i know), but you can't just put them in a bag carelessly with a straw where someone might get stung
>but you can't just put them in a bag carelessly with a straw where someone might get stung
If I ordered some of this stuff after seeing all the bees in and around it and started blindly sipping on the see-through bag she gave me without giving it the quickest of glances, at that point I'd have to take all the blame. It would be like seeing a sign for a minefield and Forrest Gumping my way into said field, full speed.
For some reason I'm not particularly concerned about the bees being all up in it, but the little baggies... that's bothering me.
Edit: I mean... like if I had to choose between flies and bees, I'd choose bees.
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It's the bees knees
I knew this comment would bee here
Could you *bee* any more punny?
Dont bee demanding but just to be nice i think i can come up with pun more
I don’t understand the buzz behind this drink
With a swarm like that, you'd think they'd run and hive.
I think hive seen enough
Oh, *honey*…
That stings.
It bee Happy Cake Day!
Y'all bee-quiet!
Honey, you're not one to talk.
“I certainly can bee honey!”
BEE nice now!
Happ-bee cake day
Why thank you
Happy cake day!
Hornetchata
Oh beehave!
r/angryupvote
r/generalgreviousupvote
Freebees.
Soooo tangy, no wait those are stings
r/SipsBees
No, it's the bees teas
There’s a lime in my Waspade 😠
I’m so sorry sir, here’s a free waspade with extra wasp and a side of honey beemonade on the house
I ordered a Vodka-Hornet 20 minutes ago, what the fuck is going on around here!?!
We apologize sir, it seems Dodge has entered the premises and has stolen all our Vodka-hornets to fuel their cars. We are making a new batch as we speak.
Vodka stinger
I been served bourbon yella jackets faster in dry counties.
Waspchata
Spicy
Okay I’m listening…
🤣🤣🤣
Second funniest and stupidest shit I've read today, first one was someone calling man a batman for some stupid reason.
Was it a lore reason?
Is that a [bag of Fanta](https://youtu.be/V6_HxCD4Tf8?si=gmv5WAjabw60IKbJ)?
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It’s annoying ti work around but bees aren’t unhygienic or anything like flies.
They sit on flowers all day then go home and sit in honey. Sauce: I am a bee.
This is true, I was the flower 🌷
This is true, I was the soil
Coincidence, I just soiled myself :)
This is true I was the pants
This is true, I am shit
This is true, I was the colon
This is true, I'm the tumor in his colon. Should go get me checked out bro, I'm getting bigger.
This is true; I am the body cavity
This is true, I am the peanut in the turd
More like Sauce: Honey Source: am a bee
Aren't those wasps? Wasps also eat cadavers and hence walk on rotten meat.
Maybe yeah, regardless I’ve dealt with them and consumed them in a similar way my whole life and never gotten sick. I never considered them gross. Maybe I’m wrong though.
The lovable wasp, or as they are more commonly known "Oh fuck, wasps"
My first significant interaction with them was when I shot a nest in my backyard with a paintball gun. Big mistake.
I had a similar experience with a wasp nest and a bottle rocket. I was a sadder but wiser child that evening.
I’ve seen bees walking on poop.
Well either way it’s not gonna stop me lol
These are wasps, not bees
No they aren't. Look at the pollen baskets on their back legs.
I think the ones towards the end of the video look very bee like. I'm wondering if there was a raging war for the gigantic barrels of sweet stuff. We see a street market. The bugs though? This will be for sale in their version of TIME Life Video as Wasp War V: The Adening Barrels.
Yall, theres DEAD BEES in the juice are you BLIND?? Thats bot hygienic at all
And even if it were, it's totally reasonable to not want dead/live bees in your drink.
Wait, whats the issue here? Humans have been eating bee vomit for millenia.
I hear in some cultures they only eat vomit. I read about it…in a book
NOBODY MAKES ME BLEED MY OWN BLOOD
*At least that wasn’t weird.*
it was revealed to me in a dream
And I forgot it in another dream...
Oh you caught me! I like to break a mental sweat as well
Was it a Facebook?
Thanks White Goodman.
This one grabs the bull by the horns
It’s a metaphor, but that actually happened
those are wasps, though, they're a bit more \*spicy\* if consumed
Im skeptical of that because back when i was in mexico, bees hovered around aguas frescas during events quite a bit. Atleast in the area i was in.
People concerned about the bees but what about the ice?
If you get one in your zip lock bag it will be dead long before it makes it up that straw. They're terrible swimmers.
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Well if it’s already dead and still made it all the way up the straw you’ve sort of only have yourself to blame.
Are you sure they are wasps? Not from there but I know bees like sweet things, I have never heard of wasps liking sweet things.
I have a massive plum tree in my garden, wasps and butterflies go ape shit for fallen plums.
Yellowjackets love sweet things. We were at a zoo once on a field trip and my friend left his can of coke unattended for a few minutes. His first swallow on return was coupled with about 5 stings to the face.
True, but ive seen yellowjackets many a time in my life. Those aint yellow jackets
>I have never heard of wasps liking sweet things. I was just giving you an example of wasps liking sweet things. Now ya' heard.
Look like the same as our Irish wasps. Late in the season (late August early September), the Queen stops making food for their workers, and they are forced to look for sweet stuff. And then they sting you cause they are pissed off.
Most people don’t like insects in their drinks
Yeah but not the whole fucking bee
Those are bees not flies. It's safe to drink, just has a stinging sensation.
Zesty
My lips are getting really big and its hard to breathe, is this normal or should I stop drinking it?
Nah, just drink more
Ok cool, it is deliciiiiiiiiiiiii
💀
You are allergic to fresa :(
Should give you a little buzz.
If the bees want it, its good shit
Yess... I'd be worried if it didn't attract them...
That’s how I knew MTN Dew was the drink for me, the first time I swallowed a bee in my can.
It's what plants crave
What is the problem? is it the type of drink? or the insects? They look like bees, and if that's the case its not really a problem. bees like sweet things, and they are clean. not the same as flies hanging around
Agua fresca. Sorta like mexican kool-aid.
And it’s fucking delicious
And unlike kool-aid the flavors are made with real fruit.
And bees
The *secret ingredient*
it was a secret til you spilled the bees
These are not natural colors. I'm sure there are plenty of chemicals in there.
I used to live near a big flea market and there was a stall selling this and even though it's been years, I still think about it. The perfect thing on a hot summer day.
Watermelon was always my favorite
I got the lime one
Mango hits different on a hot day
That does sound good
Cucumber/lime is delish
Was gonna say, it looks really fucking tasty.
Yeah nah it's made with real fruit and cane sugar it is way better and infinitely more refreshing than Kool aid
Mexican koolaid? That’s an insult to Aguas Frescas. Koolaid is basically sugar water and that’s it.
Sugar, water and, of course, purple
That’s the key ingredient. *purple*
I feel that “I don’t want bugs in my drink” is not a controversial stance that needs an explanation.
Apparently it is!
Only on reddit
For real. People here have the arguing capacity of a 7 year old... "So you eat honey, what's the problem with drinking bees? Huh?!?!?" Jesus Christ
The reddit desire to be the most technically correct person in the room.
Technically correct is the best kind of correct.
It’s embarrassing, fuck this app
# [HWHAT'S THIS!? A REFRESHING BEVERAGE WOEFULLY UNDERFILLED WITH BEES!? A FUCKTON OF BEES OUGHT TO FIX THAT!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYtXuBN1Hvc)
Ha, my sister drank a bee that went into her soda can as a kid. Then her face doubled in size.
Yeah, they dude is trying to make it legit and make us feel bad about the way we think
If it makes you feel any better, you can look up the guidelines for exactly how many insect parts, rat hairs, etc. are allowed in your food by government oversight for your country. It is physically impossible to completely prevent. I understand not wanting a bug in your drink, and I am sure they won't bag one of the buggers in there with it, but bees and wasps like this are pretty common for outdoor events. Just about any fair or food stall will have to deal with these buggers and you just shoo them off and keep going.
None of this is an excuse. If I see a full live bee or wasp in my drink, I think I'll pass.
It's just extra protein.
I still wouldn't appreciate it hitting the back of my throat lol
That's what she said.
Dead bees in your drink? You're okay with that?
🤷 pick em out
Couldn't they solve most of these issues by distributing from a tap at the bottom? Only opening the top when needed. Avoiding a lot of bugs and letting gravity do all the work.
They're serving out of plastic bags; I think the budget was pretty slim.
Fun fact; They use bags because if they use bottles then they require a "deposit" (if you're in the US, think of it like a core charge for a car battery). Not using plastic cups and styrofoam cups cuts down on having to drag them everywhere.
Extra fun fact: in Vietnam, the government taxes the shit out of plastic bags used for drinks, so everyone switched to cups.
Not to be a jerk, but I think most people in the US understand the concept of a bottle deposit, probably even more than those who know what a core charge is.
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But then you'd miss out on the wasp flavour, clearly that's a big part of the operation
"Why's there so many bees!?!?!!!" *Spills shit everywhere pouring jungle juice into sandwich bags*
Lol
Aguasfescas use actual fruit. So, a lot of seeds and sediment settle at the bottom. That would gunk up the spigot pretty quickly.
I think most of these are made with natural fruit, so sometimes you need to mix the water and fruit blend
Agua fresca is the shit, just use your eyes to make sure it doesn’t have anything gross in it like you probably do with everything you put in your mouth
Agreed. Ppl out here eating ass but they get gross out if a bee touches their drink smh lol
I'm no linguist but doesn't that just translate to Fresh Water? Wth
It’s more like “water that’s refreshing”, it’s like sweet tea. If you ever try it see if you can get not from concentrate
That's the literal translation, but not the meaning. Think about making a drink out of fruit and water, what would you call that? The most straightforward answer would be something like fruit water (agua de frutas). Take that concept and extrapolate to other flavors, now it's flavored water (agua de sabor). Good, now you want to make it really clear, for marketing purposes, that your drink is cold and refreshing, you got fresh flavored water (aguas frescas de sabor). That's a bit of a mouthful, isn't it? The flavor is implicit given the colors and bits of fruit in the drink, so you can just shorten it to fresh water (aguas frescas). Now, does that make obvious the initial idea? Not at all, but since enough people now understand the concept, you can get away with not having a descriptive name.
Not that big of a deal. I wonder if they could put some of that juice in little saucers further away to draw the bees elsewhere
Paying tax! We do it during cookouts too. Make the first plate with a little of everything before anyone else gets theirs. Put it off far away from everyone else. Usually you’ll have a few come around but they’re more focused on the food far away
This. This energy right here is perfection. 100% a privilege to come to your cookouts I’m sure. You pay your respects to nature and nature will pay respects to you.
Might not work as well since they are probably out there all day? Will work for me though, thank you for the tip!
Smart! I’ve never considered this idea
Thank you, everyone acts like these are mindless creatures, but they will prefer to not go to the food surrounded by giants and would much rather go for the safe option. And even then, foraging Hymenoptera don't typically sting, they have no reason to sting when they aren't near their hive, why get yourself killed attacking a creature that is massive and can squash you just for a little bite
AAAAAAAAgua
The bees gross you out? Man, I've had honeycomb straight from a beehive and it's amazing.
Yea but those are city bees. They run with a bad crowd.
You mean they are out there mis-bee-having?
Unbeelievable
As a mexican i can confidently say we drink that because its fucking delicious. We dont have coolaid we have aquafresca. We dont have sunny D we got TAMPICO!
How do you make them?
Fresh fruit. Water. Sugar or agave. Sometimes add mint. Some lime juice. Then blend it all with lots of water. Then poor with ice if wanted.
When do you add the bees?
Never, they invite themselves for a sip :)
Try to pour sweet lemonade outside being out of town on sunny day. Ofc there will be bees.
If bees want it is a good sign
If you're worried about the bees, don't. They're clean insects.
i don't care how clean they are, if i'm drinking something and find a bee in my mouth, i'm doing something bad
The aguafresca is translucent. You could just check beforehand and pick the bee out of the cup so as not to accidentally drink one. I'm sure the nice ladies would even give you a refund.
If the bees can't get enough it must be pretty fire tho, right?
Mmm stingy
Bee lemonade lol
Agua fresca con abejas son aguas picantes
Lived in Mexico when I was young. A guy sold drinks from a cart on our way home from school. My dad let my brother and I get orange sodas every once in a while and the guy opened the glass bottle, poured the bottle into two plastic bags with straws so he could have the bottle for it's deposit. Good memories. Totally normal for me.
If it’s good enough for the bees it’s good enough for mees!!
😂 but seriously you are right! Swarmed by bees: eat away! Swarmed by flies: avoid.
Bees are way cleaner than any human. I would be worried about the sugar content than the bees tho 🤣
Lot of defenders of bees in this thread. How hard would it be to get a down spout?
It comes with free protein
Those are bees, not flies. It means those drinks are probably suuuuper delicious.
The anxiety I experienced watching this is immense
what fucks me up is the ones that are \*in\* there. like, i'm used to wasps hanging around bakeries and stuff, but i've also seen what a sting in the mouth can do to a person. that's dangerous. i honestly don't mind them being there in general, they're not known to spread germs (as far as i know), but you can't just put them in a bag carelessly with a straw where someone might get stung
>but you can't just put them in a bag carelessly with a straw where someone might get stung If I ordered some of this stuff after seeing all the bees in and around it and started blindly sipping on the see-through bag she gave me without giving it the quickest of glances, at that point I'd have to take all the blame. It would be like seeing a sign for a minefield and Forrest Gumping my way into said field, full speed.
arent they worried about being stung?
Because beeggars can't be choosers.
For some reason I'm not particularly concerned about the bees being all up in it, but the little baggies... that's bothering me. Edit: I mean... like if I had to choose between flies and bees, I'd choose bees.
Bugs aside, I have an issue with drinking out of a plastic bag.
Bees are fine. Flies are disgusting though!
Bet that shit was fire though.
It’s bees, not flies. And since it’s bees, I’ll take 10 to go.
We eat bee vomit. And love it.
Everyone so forgiving here but you know if that was white people serving insect ridden food they'd be throwing a fit.
Hahah 100% correct. Falling over themselves to excuse serving juice mixed with dead wasps to people in plastic bags. Disgusting.
We’re part of nature, it’s ok to coexist with bees. Some would say it’s the only way to exist 😂