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Yunnan tamarind drink

Yunnan tamarind drink

云南酸角汁Yúnnán suānjiǎozhī

A sweet-tart brown drink made from tamarind pulp and water. Its fruity acidity and light body distinguish it from plum drinks and thick tamarind pastes.

Specification
Shell and soak ripe tamarind, separate seeds and fibres, blend the softened pulp with water and strain. Heat with rock sugar, then cool. This representative home-style version uses rock sugar. Brown-sugar recipes and bottled formulas differ; check their actual ingredients.
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How to enjoy it

Drink chilled and stir if pulp has settled. The served drink should be strained; do not swallow any seed or shell fragments.

A useful check

The selected tamarind, water and rock-sugar recipe contains no animal ingredients. This does not certify every bottled product or mixed drink as vegan.

How it may vary

This representative home-style version uses rock sugar. Brown-sugar recipes and bottled formulas differ; check their actual ingredients.

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Specification
Shell and soak ripe tamarind, separate seeds and fibres, blend the softened pulp with water and strain. Heat with rock sugar, then cool. This representative home-style version uses rock sugar. Brown-sugar recipes and bottled formulas differ; check their actual ingredients.

Ingredients

Tamarind pulp, water, rock sugar.

Origin & regional roots

Yunnan

Associated with Yunnan.

About this regional connection

Yunnan: Yunnan household fruit drinks and local commercial production; not exclusive origin.

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Story & history

Yunnan tamarind drink

This account describes a tradition or story, rather than an established historical fact.

Tamarind is grown in parts of Yunnan and used in local fruit drinks. Household preparations and commercial beverages both exist; the fruit is not exclusive to Yunnan.

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