Sour plum soup is a traditional summer drink in old Beijing. The main raw materials are black plum and hawthorn, which are boiled with rock sugar. The authentic sour plum soup must taste tipsy. Sometimes we kids in Beijing call it Tu. Nowadays, many places sell food packages for sour plum soup, and the market is a mixed bag. Many sour plum soups cooked in food packaging under the banner of old Beijing do not have this taste. The reason lies in the black plum. In the era of transparent information on the Internet, there are many ingredient lists for sour plum soup on the Internet, and the proportions of the ingredients are clearly displayed. However, there is no detailed discussion about what to use for ebony. Many of the ume plums in the ingredient package use raw ebony. The ebony raw materials in the old Beijing sour plum soup are smoked, so the sour plum soup has this special taste. Having said that, let me give you a detailed list of origin ingredients. In this issue, I am going to try the old Beijing sour plum soup, which has always been the same as my childhood memories.

Ingredients

Black plum, 12 osmanthus flowers, 1 tablespoon licorice, 15 grams of rock sugar, 2000 ml of water

How to make iced sour plum soup

Soak the ebony plums in cold water for 5 minutes, then rinse repeatedly with cold water

Add the ebony plums, licorice and water to the pot. Bring to a boil over high heat, then boil over medium heat for about half an hour, until half of the water is removed. Add a spoonful of osmanthus to the cooked soup, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar according to your own taste, and cook for another 5 minutes until the rock sugar melts

After cooling to room temperature, put it in the refrigerator and drink it chilled

Be careful when drinking sour plum soup

1. Sour plum soup easily deteriorates at room temperature. If you see a thin layer of foam floating on the surface, it means it has gone bad and cannot be drunk. If you can't finish the sour plum soup in one sitting, it's best to put it in the refrigerator.

2. Wolfberry benefits the liver and kidneys and improves eyesight. Especially suitable for friends who work at a desk for a long time. Adding it to sour plum soup will not make you angry, and it also adds a unique taste. Highly recommended!

3. Each pack can make at least three liters of sour plum soup. Those with a lighter taste can add water to four liters.

4. The raw material is medicinal ebony plum, and the processing method is ebony smoke. So it's inevitable. This is the taste of old Beijing sour plum soup. Drink it, it definitely doesn’t taste like the bottled drinks on the market.