A traditional Chinese scraped ice dessert consists of three main ingredients: the ice, sugar syrup, and flavorings such as fruit, beans and vegetables.
冰可分粗細，各具特色，各有所好：蜜豆冰宜用刀削冰塊，一粒粒的碎冰，吃在嘴裡、地，很有嚼頭；而細柔的刨冰，與糖水、配料攪拌後，較易融化，有如冷飲。