page_title: Piragua (food)
section_title: Flavored syrups
hierarchical_section_title: Piragua (food) / Preparation and sale / Flavored syrups
caption_attribution_description: Hawaiian Blizzard syrup
context_page_description: A piragua is a Puerto Rican shaved ice dessert, shaped like a pyramid, consisting of shaved ice and covered with fruit-flavored syrup. Piraguas are sold by vendors, known as piragüeros, from small colorful pushcarts. Besides Puerto Rico, piraguas can be found in mainland areas of the United States with large Puerto Rican communities, such as New York and Central Florida.
context_section_description: Flavored syrups commonly used in piraguas include the following:
  Ajonjolí (sesame seed)
  Anis (anise)
  Cereza (cherry)
  China (orange)
  Coco (coconut)
  Crema (cream)
  Frambuesa (red raspberry)
  Fresa (strawberry)
  Guanábana (soursop)
  Guayaba (guava)
  Limón (lemon)
  Melao (sugar cane syrup)
  Melón (honeydew)
  Parcha (passion fruit)
  Piña (pineapple)
  Tamarindo (tamarind)
  Uva (grape)
  Two of the terms used for fruit flavors in Puerto Rico are not common in other Spanish-speaking places. China, a sweet orange flavor, is referred to as naranja in most other Spanish-speaking locales; however, in Puerto Rico, naranja refers only to the bitter orange. Melón, an Anglicism derived from the English word watermelon, is called sandía in standard Spanish.
caption: Fruit flavored syrups
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