Calamansi Juice Recipe
The sharp, floral juice of the Philippine calamansi, loosened with cold water and just enough sugar to round off its bite.
- Category: Mocktail
- Glass: Highball glass
- ABV: 0%
- Difficulty: Easy
- Alcohol-free: ✓
Ingredients
- Fresh calamansi juice45 ml
- Simple syrup20 ml
- Cold water150 ml
How to Make It
- Halve the calamansi and squeeze them, keeping the seeds out.
- Stir the juice together with the simple syrup until it dissolves.
- Add the cold water and taste, adjusting the sugar to the sourness of the fruit.
- Pour into a tall glass full of ice and drop in a couple of squeezed calamansi halves.
Garnish
A few halved calamansi dropped into the glass
The Story
Calamansi grows all over the Philippines and is squeezed over nearly everything eaten there. Diluted with water and sugar it becomes the country's everyday cooler, poured over ice at home and sold from roadside stands.
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