Earlier today, Storytellers Cafe at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa at Disneyland Resort brought back their character dining breakfast.

And while many meals that were formerly served as buffets in the Disney parks have been converted to family-style meals, Storytellers Cafe is actually serving up a BUFFET! While that buffet contains a bunch of options you’re used to seeing — Mickey waffles, bacon, etc. — it’s also got some drinks served in a unique way!

One of the cold selections you’ll find on the Storytellers menu is “Agua Frescas in a Bag and Breakfast Milk in a bag.” You may be wondering if they literally mean these drinks are in a bag, and the answer is yes, yes they do!

If you peek at the buffet, you’ll find these drinks in a plastic bag with a straw in the middle and a tie holding down the drink inside. The Agua Frescas are colorful and come in a variety of flavors including watermelon, cantaloupe, and pineapple. We actually really liked the watermelon one!

Again, you’ll find the Agua Frescas in a bag, as well as breakfast milk (which was essentially cinnamon milk). Drinking out of these bags was a fun experience, and could certainly be something great for kids to enjoy too.

Agua Frescas has been on the menu here for a while, but when we had them back in 2018 they were not being served in plastic bags. We’ve also had agua frescas in several other spots around the Disney parks, including as a cocktail.

Never heard of Agua Frescas before? Well, as Vice shares, aguas frescas are cold, fruity soft drinks typically sold by street vendors across Mexico. And yes, as you might have expected, they’re often served in a plastic bag with a straw. Makes sense!

One writer for the Napa Valley Register shared details about one drink — chocomiles (made with strawberries, banana, and dairy milk topped with cinnamon powder) — which you can find being sold throughout markets in Mexico. They note how these were also often served using a plastic bag with a straw poking out. And they’ve even got a recipe on the Napa Valley Register for some agua fesca de fresa (strawberry), so you could try to make it at home!

Eater shares how several other countries, from places in Asia to South America, also use disposable bags of various types for some of their drinks.

So, if you’ve never seen a drink served this way before, now you know a bit of the story behind agua frescas and how drinks in plastic bags is something done in Mexico and several other countries too. Just be sure not to drop or spill these drinks — they may be tied in the center, but having a drink in a plastic bag can pose its own set of spill challenges!

We’ll continue to keep an eye out for more fun updates and stories to share with you from the Disney parks and let you know what we find.

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