Slush (beverage)

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A Slush or a slushie is a generic term for a flavored frozen drink. There are a number of different kinds of slush drinks:

• Frozen carbonated beverages, typified by the Slurpee or ICEE are made by freezing a carbonated drink. These machines are complicated and expensive, and notably require a carbon dioxide supply. They make a very fine and 'dry' slush.

• Frozen uncarbonated beverages are made by freezing a non-carbonated juice or liquid. These machines do not require a pressure chamber, and so are much cheaper and easier to maintain. These machines usually have attractive clear product hoppers, and can fit on a counter top. They make a slightly wetter slush. They are notable in the wide variety of drinks they create, including coffee-flavored ices and alcoholic drinks like margaritas and daiquiris.

• Conventional slush drinks, typified by the Slush Puppie, use a single slurry made by freezing a sweetened base, similar to apple juice. This slurry is mixed at serving time with a flavouring syrup of the buyer's choice. These drinks are notable in that the flavored syrup can be drawn out of the drink, leaving a relatively-unflavoured base ice behind.

• "Instant" slush drinks formed via supercooling. Several examples are Slush-It!^[1] which allows consumers to make beverages that turn to slush upon opening using a conventional freezer, the Chill Chamber ^[2] which allows businesses to store beverages at below freezing temperatures that turn to slush upon opening, and supercooled Sprite from Coca-Cola (briefly marketed in the UK) which required special vending machines to store the bottles in a supercooled state so that they would turn to slush upon opening ^[3].

[edit] Slush in popular culture

The "Squishee" sold at Kwik-E-Mart on The Simpsons is a slush beverage drink. It appears on Megas XLR as Mega Slush. Slush features also in numerous works with the fictional brand Slusho!. Slushies also contribute to a running gag in the FOX television show Glee, where the popular kids often throw slushies into the faces of the "loser" kids.

[edit] See also

• Italian ice
• Snow cone
• Milkshake
• Smoothie
• Granita
• Cuisine of Costa Rica
• Slush Puppy

[edit] References

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