Ginger & Red Sugar Water(a.k.a. Ginger and Brown Sugar Soup)It's another rainy day in Shanghai and my concerned, Chinese mother-in-law is bound to have already prepared some ginger and brown sugar soup for when I arrive home. In Chinese, this sugar is called “red sugar” but in English, we call it brown sugar. I'm told it will help me to sweat and decrease my chances of getting a cold. I'm not exactly 100% sold on the idea that it will stop a cold, but it can't hurt and the taste isn't half bad either.