People in Guangzhou like to drink sugar water all year round. It is considered that syrup made of some medicinal materials, beans, fruits and flour products with sugar has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, promoting fluid production and benefiting the body.

There are many varieties of sugar water: beans include red bean paste, mung bean paste and plum bean paste; There are sesame paste, almond paste, peanut paste and phoenix milk paste; Medicinal materials include lily syrup, lotus seed syrup and Qingbuliang syrup; There are also stewed eggs, stewed papaya, sweet potato syrup, Ma Rong soup pills, egg milk, ginger milk, candied sago, soybean milk, tofu flower and so on.

After the sugar water is boiled, it is a hot drink; What you drink after freezing is a cold drink, which is often connected with the ice room (a cold drink shop that supplies ice cream, soda, beer, etc.). And the most famous one in Guangzhou is the Taiping Pavilion Ice Room on Beijing Road.