Bitter Bloed

The fruit butchers delved into the bitter truth of the orange industry. While we can enjoy these orange exotics all year round, people worldwide are becoming ill due to excessive pesticide use. And yet in many cultures the bitters in their peels are attributed with medicinal properties.

Accompanied by native bitter herbs and burnt oak, the organic brothers of (blood) oranges and grapefruit form a multi-use solution: dilute at 1:3 for a 0.0 Negroni, 1:5 for an unsprayed Spritz or 1:8 for a “ waste saving” soda.