{"id":635,"slug":"cherbet-meliana-algerian-cherry-beverage","title":"Cherbet Meliana (Algerian Cherry Beverage)","description":"Cherbet Meliana is a refreshing Algerian drink. As the name indicates, the drink originates from Meliana, a town located in Aïn Defla Province, northwestern Algeria, where it is considered a traditional drink. The consumption of the drink has considerably ceased due to the decrease of production of cherries in the region.","ingredients_raw":["1 kg of sugar cubes","1 glass of warm water","1 glass of pressed cherry juice","1 tsp of broken cherry pits"],"ingredients_norm":["sugar cube","warm water","pressed cherry juice","broken cherry pit"],"steps":["Mix sugar cubes with warm water. Add cherry juice and broken pits.","Bring to a boil over high heat while skimming until the syrup drips into a thin stream.","Remove from heat and strain. Bottle. Serve with sparkling or still water."],"categories":["Beverage recipes","Algerian recipes","Recipes for beverages","Recipes using white sugar","Recipes using cherry juice"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":10,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Cherbet_Meliana_(Algerian_Cherry_Beverage)","source_ref":"4509646","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Cherbet_Meliana_(Algerian_Cherry_Beverage)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"17afb7fbe77480c00451d9522241dd9b4228b034465b6f520abc54415f624cdb","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:42:58Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/cherbet-meliana-algerian-cherry-beverage"}