At the table
Drink chilled and stir if pulp has settled. The served drink should be strained; do not swallow any seed or shell fragments.
The selected tamarind, water and rock-sugar recipe contains no animal ingredients. This does not certify every bottled product or mixed drink as vegan.
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.