taste, but it's healthy! I'm talking about sương sâm, sương sa and sương sáo! Like three sisters having a nice family name "Sương"! "Sương" literally means the tiny drops of water that form on cool surfaces at night!
These names sound nice and good enough to impress us with their ability to cool down any thirst in the heat of summer days!
Sương sáo (black glass jelly)
There was a time that I confused... sương sâm is dark green color jelly, but sương sa is white or black jelly? Now it's clear to me! Sương sa is white jelly and most expensive, sương sáo is black and a bit cheaper. Sương sâm is the cheapest and most popular!
Sương sâm made from the leaves of flowering plant named "Tiliacora triandra", and to my surprise, it's very simple to make this green jelly. We just crush, mash or crumple the leaves in a bowl of water, until the water becomes green, then it takes probably few hours for the green liquid to coagulate! Then we have soft as jelly-like consistency, ready for us to make a cool refreshment!
