Agua De Horchata - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup rice
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon or 1 in cinnamon stick
1 1/2 teaspoons good vanilla (Mexican is best)
1/2 - 3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
water, as necessary

Preparation

Rinse the rice in a colander. Place in a blender and add enough water to cover by an inch; soak 5 or 10 minutes. Add the vanilla and cinnamon and blend until finely ground. Drain the liquid through colander into a pitcher.
Return the ground rice to the blender. Add the condensed milk and about 2 cups water and blend again. Drain into the pitcher. Discard any remaining rice.
Add more water to the pitcher, one cup at a time, until it has the right amount of sweetness for you. Add ice and serve cold.
Note: you can add 1 cup sugar or so and 1 cup milk, instead of the sweetened condensed milk . I suppose you could use rice or even soy milk, but I haven't tried it.