China News Service, Shanghai, July 23 (Li Qiuying) Today is the big summer solar term, and the temperature in Shencheng soared to 39 degrees again.

Faced with the high temperature, Shanghai people adopted a more direct means of cooling off: ice cubes.

　　The reporter learned from Ele.me that the consumption of ice products in convenience stores in Shanghai has grown significantly this summer. In addition to the hot sales of various types of cheap and nostalgic ice cream, pure ice cube-type products are also convenient and fast, and can be paired with various fruits and drinks. , and favored by consumers.

According to preliminary statistics on the platform, since July, convenience stores in Shanghai have sold about 300 tons of edible ice products on Ele.me.

　　The Jade Fresh Supermarket at the intersection of Huaihai Middle Road and Fuxing Middle Road is a small community boutique supermarket serving the surrounding three to five kilometers.

Deng Jianli, the store manager, recently discovered that as the weather gets hotter and hotter, surrounding consumers are beginning to choose takeaways when they buy all kinds of daily necessities.

Among them, the ice takeaway is particularly prominent. In this month, the store has sold nearly 1,000 pure ice cubes, totaling nearly 1 ton.

　　Deng Jianli observed that on hot days, Shanghai people "must bring some ice with everything they buy". It is a new trend to buy ice cubes through takeout to mix drinks at home and drink them with ice.

　　Since mid-June, the number of takeaway orders for ice cubes in the "Jie De Xian" supermarket has suddenly increased significantly.

At its hottest, more than 40 packs of ice cubes were sold every day.

In the past, alcohol was the most "iron" match for ice cubes, and customers mostly placed orders with sparkling wine, white wine, or sparkling water, drinks, etc.

This year, customers buy ice with a variety of combinations, "for example, with watermelon, mango, or with some thick coconut milk, mint leaves, etc., and DIY drinks at home. Sometimes they even bring two packs of ice when they buy pet food."

A bag of ice cubes has two pounds. Are you hungry?

　　At the same time as ice cubes cool off the heat, all kinds of novel and fun ways to eat are emerging one after another.

Half of Shanghai citizen Miss Dong's recent takeout orders are "edible ice cubes".

She introduced that she is keen to follow online bloggers to learn how to recreate Internet celebrity iced drinks, such as mung bean paste milk, Yangzhi nectar, etc.

And one of the important ingredients for these summer drinks is ice cubes.

　　"I have also frozen ice cubes myself, and found that they melted very quickly when used for beverages. Later, after doing a guide, I realized that homemade ice cubes are difficult to achieve a certain degree of purity, so they melted quickly. I also tried to follow the Internet. I have tried the method, and found that it is not as convenient to buy it directly.” Miss Dong said that a bag of ice cubes is about 10 yuan, and if it is paired with wine and drinks, it can be used at least four or five times. If you have a party at home, it is more convenient to take out ice cubes, and the time to receive ice cubes when you place an order for takeaway is much faster than freezing the ice tray yourself.” (End)