'Koori'

A symbol of hot summer days.

'Koori'
Ashinano, Hitoshi. 1997. Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou. Chapter 25. Vol. 4, Page 33, Panel 1.

'Koori' (ice) on a square flag is a sign that says the restaurant has kaki-goori.

It is often drawn in manga as a symbol of the summer.

Kakigoori

Kaki-goori is a kind of dessert made of shaved ice and syrup.

A kaki-goori with red syrup is called koori-ichigo. 'Ichigo' is the Japanese word for "strawberry" but koori-ichigo does not contain any strawberry-derived ingredients.

Alpha's 'koori' in chapter 86 is just a piece of ice with syrup. It is not supposed to be like that!

Ice shaving machines

Alpha should get a machine called "ice shaver" or "ice slicer" like Swan's or Hatsuyuki's:

Swan's ice shaver
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Hatsuyuki's ice slicer
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Here's the inside of an ice slicer. Click to see detail:

Maybe you can figure out how it works.

Conclusion

You don't need strong teeth like Alpha's to eat kakigoori.

Appendix: 'Yoshizu', Reed screen

Reed screen is another symbol of the summer.

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