In a bowl that has a lid, combine the rice, 2 cups of hot water and cinnamon sticks. Cover and let sit for at least 2 hours or overnight if you prefer.

After it has soaked for a while, pour the rice water mixture including the cinnamon sticks into a blender. Add 2 more cups of water and blend on medium until everything is broken down.

Strain out the rice and cinnamon bits from the mixture.

Make sure the strawberries have the stems cut off and set aside about 10 strawberries from the full pound.

Place the rest of the strawberries in a blender and add the sweetened condensed milk, whole milk and vanilla extract.

Blender together and strain into the rest of the rice water mixture.

Mix the strawberry milk mixture and rice water until fully combined, adding one last cup of water to the mix.

Slice the rest of the strawberries into thin slices.

Add ice and the sliced strawberries to a serving pitcher and pour the finished strawberry horchata into the pitcher.

Enjoy cold!