Kitron
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Kitron is a lemon liqueur
produced on the Greek island of Naxos. It is made from the fruit and leaves of the citron
tree, which is similar to the lemon
tree but stronger and slightly different in taste.
Kitron comes in three varieties. The green variety is sweeter and contains less alcohol
. The yellow variety is the strongest and has the least sugar
. Clear Kitron is somewhere in between, and is perhaps the best for a new drinker to sample.
The drink was briefly fashionable during the early eighties
, but is difficult to find today outside of Naxos due to a shortage of citron trees.
The first distillery was established in 1896 in the village of Halki.
Lemon liqueur
Lemon liqueur is a liqueur made from lemons, liquor, and sugar. It is light to bright lemon yellow in color; intensely lemony in flavor; clear, cloudy, or opaque; and sweet or sweet and sour. Lemon zest is used, with or without lemon juice. If juice is omitted, water may be added, and the...
produced on the Greek island of Naxos. It is made from the fruit and leaves of the citron
Citron
Not to be confused with Cintron.The citron is a fragrant citrus fruit, botanically classified as Citrus medica by both the Swingle and Tanaka systems...
tree, which is similar to the lemon
Lemon
The lemon is both a small evergreen tree native to Asia, and the tree's ellipsoidal yellow fruit. The fruit is used for culinary and non-culinary purposes throughout the world – primarily for its juice, though the pulp and rind are also used, mainly in cooking and baking...
tree but stronger and slightly different in taste.
Kitron comes in three varieties. The green variety is sweeter and contains less alcohol
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....
. The yellow variety is the strongest and has the least sugar
Sugar
Sugar is a class of edible crystalline carbohydrates, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose, characterized by a sweet flavor.Sucrose in its refined form primarily comes from sugar cane and sugar beet...
. Clear Kitron is somewhere in between, and is perhaps the best for a new drinker to sample.
The drink was briefly fashionable during the early eighties
1980s
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, but is difficult to find today outside of Naxos due to a shortage of citron trees.
The first distillery was established in 1896 in the village of Halki.