Kalamansi Honey Spritz
Kalamansi — the small, intensely tart citrus of the Philippines — sweetened with honey and topped with sparkling water.
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz kalamansi juice (fresh or from frozen concentrate, thawed)
- 0.75 oz honey syrup
- Sparkling water, to top
- Thin kalamansi slice or lime wheel, to garnish
Instructions
- 1Add kalamansi juice and honey syrup to a Collins glass filled with ice.
- 2Stir to combine.
- 3Top with sparkling water.
- 4Garnish with a kalamansi or lime wheel.
Origin & Story
Kalamansi juice is the everyday citrus of Filipino cooking and drinking — squeezed over rice, stirred into sauces, and mixed into cold drinks the way lemon or lime is used elsewhere. Its flavor sits somewhere between mandarin orange and lime with a brighter, more floral edge than either. Outside Southeast Asia it's increasingly available frozen or bottled.
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