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What does “nieve” mean in Mexico?

In most of the Spanish-speaking world nieve just means snow. In Mexico it doubles as a frozen dessert: a water-based sorbet or shaved-ice treat, distinct from helado, which is the milk- or cream-based ice cream. So a Mexican waiter carrying nieves to customers is delivering scoops of mango or tamarind sorbet, not weather. Order una nieve de limón on a hot afternoon and you’ll get sherbet, never a snowball.

The split is real: helado = dairy ice cream, nieve = the lighter, fruit-forward, often water-based version, and paleta = the popsicle on a stick. Mexico has a deep regional tradition of artisan nieves — Oaxaca’s burnt-milk-and-prickly-pear, mole and tequila flavors among them. The clip narrates a busy ice-cream shop where el mesero lleva nieves a los clientes (“the waiter brings sorbets to the customers”).