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Why Wapanela?
Once, there was an Irishman, and when he first went to Colombia, he fell in love with the country and its women.
One day, the Irishman went to visit a cold town in the mountains. He came across two Colombians, who told him they were feeling hungry and were looking for cheese and aguapanela.
One of them asked him:
“Do you know where we can find aguapanela?”
“Oh! Of course I do,” he said (in his thick “ Irish gringo” accent) and with his limited knowledge of the language, he said.
“I’ll take you!”.
He happily walked with them enjoying the beautiful landscape and the majesty of the Andes mountains.
They came upon a restaraunt and the two Colombians thanked him and invited him to sit down with them. He did and they ordered three aguapanela with cheese, he didn’t understand what was going on — and they didn't understand why he was so confused.
He kept trying to explain to them about the “wapas” (pretty women), and that's when they finally understood him. They all laughed and said, “Ah! You were looking for a wapanela!” He nodded and said, yes, but I havent found any pretty girl called Nela yet. They explained and then he laughed too.
Now, the Irishman loves to drink aguapanela on a cold day — and to share a glass with his amorcita, his Wapanela.