There is a good saying: China sugar water is in Guangdong, and Guangdong sugar water is in Huazhou. It is no exaggeration to say that Huazhou Sugar Water is the first hometown of sugar water in China.

Authentic Huazhou sugar shops can be seen in many places in Guangdong, but it can be said that there are flowers everywhere in Huazhou, and there are basically no people from old people to children who don't know about sugar water. According to incomplete statistics, there are thousands of Huazhou sugar water in the Pearl River Delta region alone, but there are also some mixed sugar water shops in other places. They just do business under the banner of Huazhou sugar water, but they are not authentic Huazhou sugar water. Therefore, if you want to drink authentic Huazhou sugar water, in addition to going to Huazhou to taste it locally, it is safest to ask friends from Huazhou to take you to taste it, because only they know best what authentic Huazhou sugar water is.

Hot summer is a time to relieve summer heat, and sugar water just caters to this demand. It is not only effective, but also cheap, and everyone can afford it. It can be said that one is cheap and two are counted. People who have never drunk sugar water must try the authentic Huazhou sugar water, and it is frozen Huazhou sugar water to ensure endless aftertaste.

Here is a brief introduction to the main types of sugar water in Huazhou:

1: kelp and mung bean. Functions: Cooling and clearing away heat, detoxifying and diuresis, treating cough and reducing skin virus (such as youth bean). This should be the most common sugar water in Huazhou. Not only do sugar stores have this kind of sugar water, but every household often cooks it in hot summer. But remember to soak the mung beans 1-2 hours first, then cook the mung beans first, and then put the kelp when it is almost cooked. In addition, it is best to put rock sugar instead of brown sugar, because rock sugar will not get angry so easily.

2: Sweet potato syrup. Efficacy: promoting intestinal peristalsis, preventing emphysema, resisting diabetes, and benefiting the heart. If you are constipated and don't want to eat insipid sweet potato, boiling sweet potato syrup is a good choice. In addition, sweet potato syrup is also a good choice for dessert syrup.

3: Guiling cream. Efficacy: mild in nature, not cold or dry, suitable for all ages, with the functions of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, promoting blood circulation and promoting granulation, relieving itching and acne, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels, nourishing yin and tonifying kidney, caring skin and refreshing. This is also a necessary sugar water for us in Huazhou, and it is most suitable to eat Guiling Cream in summer. It is worth mentioning that Huazhou also has a kind of homemade syrup for clearing away heat and toxic materials, commonly known as "cool grass", which is similar to the bean jelly on the market, but the raw materials are different. Our "cool grass" is made from a plant by artificial deslagging, adding sweet potato powder and water, and boiling. Generally, after cooking, you will wait until it cools naturally, and then you will eat it with rock sugar water.

In addition, lotus seed soup, Qingbuliang, eight-treasure porridge, snow ear lotus seed medlar soup, chilled Ma Tilu, snow ear egg syrup, double-skin milk, papaya stewed snow ear, taro sago, coconut milk sago and so on are all very common.