Meet Sharbat, the Ancestor of Sorbet, Syrup, Shrub, Sherbet, and Pretty Much Everything Else Cool

Many of you won’t have heard of sharbat, the delightfully tangy,
refreshingly icy Persian drink. But most of you will have tasted at
least one of its many descendants: sorbet, sherbet, syrup, shrub,
and even the julep. So, what is sharbat? How did it inspire so many
variations on cooling deliciousness? And how did Persians manage to
make ice in the middle of the desert—thousands of years before the
invention of mechanical refrigeration? Find out while keeping cool
in this special episode of Gastropod, sponsored by McCormick. Learn
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