The Ultimate Shaved Ice Glossary

Words worth knowing

Shaved ice menus borrow from a half-dozen cultures, so the vocabulary can get colorful. Here are the terms that come up most.

• Snow cap — a drizzle of sweet condensed milk over the top
• Milk snow — ice shaved from frozen sweetened milk
• Li hing — a salty-sweet-sour dried-plum powder
• Boba — chewy tapioca pearls
• Bingsu, kakigori, baobing, halo-halo, raspado — regional shaved ice styles

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