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Bitter Orange
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Bitter Orange

A non-alcoholic bitter orange spritz concentrate in a 500ml bottle. Mix one part to four with sparkling water for a zesty, aperitivo-style drink built around grape juice and agave.

About This Drink

Citizen Spritz pitch this as their "award-winning" flavour, and the bitter orange is their most aperitivo-adjacent option. Unlike the RTD cans in their range, this comes as a concentrate. A 500ml bottle makes around ten servings when diluted roughly one-to-four with sparkling water over ice. That format suits the flavour profile: bitter orange works better with length and fizz than it does straight. The base is 17% grape juice concentrate, which gives it more fruity body than the Cool Lime. Agave syrup handles the sweetness, tartaric and citric acid sharpen the edges, and safflower concentrate adds a colour note without contributing much flavour. The result is something genuinely bitter-citrus in character, closer to a Campari-soda-adjacent soft drink than a fruit squash, though with none of the complexity of an actual amaro. At 90 kcal per 100ml of concentrate that sounds high, but per finished drink it comes down considerably, around 23 kcal per 25ml serving mixed up. Worth factoring in if you're tracking. It's available from Dry Drinker and Amazon, which makes it easy enough to find.

Ingredients

Water, agave syrup, grape juice concentrate (17%), natural flavourings, acidity regulators (citric acid, tartaric acid), concentrates (safflower and lemon, carrot and blackcurrant), preservative (sodium benzoate)

Key Specs

Per 100ml

Calories
90 kcal
Sugar
21.8g

Tasting Notes

Taste

SWEET BITTER ORANGE WITH GRAPE JUICE BODY WARM SPICE UNDERPINNING AND A TANGY CITRUS-ACID BITE

Aroma

FRESH BITTER ORANGE PEEL A HINT OF GRAPE MUST AND FAINT FLORAL WARMTH FROM THE SAFFLOWER CONCENTRATE

Character

Appearance
DEEP AMBER-ORANGE WITH FAINT BLUSH FROM CARROT AND BLACKCURRANT CONCENTRATES
Mouthfeel
SYRUPY CONCENTRATE; WHEN DILUTED LIGHTLY ROUNDED WITH GENTLE EFFERVESCENCE
Finish
MEDIUM-LENGTH DRY CITRUS FADE WITH LINGERING TARTARIC ACID ZING
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Key Specs

Per 100ml

Calories
90 kcal
Sugar
21.8g

Tasting Notes

Taste

SWEET BITTER ORANGE WITH GRAPE JUICE BODY WARM SPICE UNDERPINNING AND A TANGY CITRUS-ACID BITE

Aroma

FRESH BITTER ORANGE PEEL A HINT OF GRAPE MUST AND FAINT FLORAL WARMTH FROM THE SAFFLOWER CONCENTRATE

Character

Appearance
DEEP AMBER-ORANGE WITH FAINT BLUSH FROM CARROT AND BLACKCURRANT CONCENTRATES
Mouthfeel
SYRUPY CONCENTRATE; WHEN DILUTED LIGHTLY ROUNDED WITH GENTLE EFFERVESCENCE
Finish
MEDIUM-LENGTH DRY CITRUS FADE WITH LINGERING TARTARIC ACID ZING