LCBO Food & Drink Travel 2025

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KRIS OSBORNE “I used a combination of fresh lemon, lime and strawberry syrups to mimic CTRUS’s lemonade’s complex flavour profile. I also opted for cold extracted syrup to preserve the freshness of the fruit and put it front and centre. The untraditional lime syrup dials up the lemon, resulting in a deeply refreshing, sweet-tart and full-bodied lemonade. It’s also excellent mixed in a highball with gin or blanco tequila.”

TEXAS

Smashed Citrus & Strawberry Lemonade (p. 101) I will never forget the lemonade from the Texas Farmers’ Market at Mueller in Austin (texasfarmersmarket.org) as long as I live. CTRUS (drinkctrus.com), a small stand with an impossibly long line, was serving up what can only be described as liquid gold. Despite the scorching heat, visitors waited patiently for their turn to hold a 1-litre plastic service container filled to the brim with ice, fresh fruit and the most heavenly lemonade I’ve ever tasted. It was perfectly balanced, incredibly refreshing and layered with fresh fruit notes in varying combinations of lemon, lime, orange and strawberry. It was so extraordinary that we made a trip back to the market on our last day for one more taste.

In France, lemonade is called citron pressé and is often served deconstructed so people can mix it to their liking. Feel free to try this approach with this recipe.

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