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"If his mother were here, she’d have dragged him off to bed and stuck him with a mug of aguapanela. It was some sugary tea remedy she’d learned from her Colombian mother-in-law that was supposed to cure everything. Noam had never learned how to make it."

As a Colombian this is news to me...Agua de Panela is just a typical drink here. It's not touted as any kind of remedy. At least not in this region