Aiyu jelly
Taiwan · East Asia
- Short description
- This chilled dessert drink centers on a delicate plant-set jelly with bright syrup.
- Ingredients
- Aiyu fig seeds, water, lemon or lime juice, sugar or honey, and ice.
- Cultural note
- Often sold from drink stands and dessert shops, it is valued for a cooling texture rather than heavy sweetness.
- Common misconception
- It is not gelatin; the jelly sets from compounds released by the seeds.
image credit
- creator:
- abon from Taiwan
- source:
- Wikimedia Commons
- license:
- CC BY-SA 2.0
- modified:
- Copied from Wikimedia Commons and resized/re-encoded for Gochizu; no content edits.
audio credit
- voice:
- marin (gpt-4o-mini-tts)
- source:
- OpenAI API Text to Speech
- license:
- OpenAI API generated audio
- modified:
- AI-generated voice audio.