A raspado is a Mexican beverage or dessert made with shaved ice and syrup. Common flavors include leche (sweet milk with cinnamon), picosito (mildly spiced, e.g. lemon and chili powder), chamoy (in which case the drink is called a chamoyada), cucumber, guanabana, guava, pistachio, and tamarind.
Compare Colombian cholado, Puerto Rican piragua, Cuban Granizado, and Peruvian Raspadillo.

Contains: Shaved ice
Characteristic of: Mexican cuisine
Categories: Beverage Frozen dessert
Subcategories: Chamoyadaes
Variant of: Snow cone
Also known as:
Spanish (Mexico): raspa
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