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range. It's a fruit, a color
and a flavor. This fact alone
indicates how warmly it has been
embraced over the centuries.
The fruit is a favorite. The
peel-it-and-eat-it tropical delicacy
provides us with Vitamin C and
a taste of the tropics year-round.
We can enjoy its many iterations,
from the easy-to-eat tangerine
to the vibrantly flavored and
brilliantly colored blood orange.
Its flesh, juice and peel-the
"zest"-can add a burst of
goodness to foods, from salads
to desserts. And as the 1970s
ad campaign proclaimed, "A day
without orange juice is like a day
without sunshine."
The color orange is stimulating
and flamboyant. It represents
joy, warmth, heat and sunshine.
It exudes enthusiasm, creativity
and success. It elicits fun, balance,
sexuality, well-being, freedom and
emotional energy.
And the flavor? Well, the flesh,

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the juice and the peel can enhance
the dinner table as well as candy,
soda, gum; and, yes, you can enjoy
the brilliance of orange in spirits
galore-neat, on the rocks and in
cocktails.
For a taste of tropical inspiration
with a touch of tipple, check out
these recommended brands.

ORANGE-KISSED
LIQUORS
The bright citrusy flavor of orange
naturally enhances neutral spirits
such as vodka and moonshine.

Grey Goose
L'Orange Vodka
Starting with single-origin soft
white winter wheat from "the
bread-basket of France" and
adding only local spring water,
Grey Goose takes its rich, fullbodied vodka and adds essential

oils from succulent oranges
for a signature vibrant citrus
character-light, crisp and
delicious, both sweet and zesty.

Effen Blood
Orange Vodka
Dutch Effen Vodka begins with
100 percent premium wheat
from Northern France, is filtered
through active carbon and uses a
continuous distillation method,
then is blended with purified water
from the Netherlands. One of the
newest flavors in the Effen lineup,
Blood Orange Vodka introduces
the flavor of ripe, juicy blood
oranges-sip or introduce a sweet,
citrus zest to your favorite mixers.

Absolut Mandrin Vodka
All ingredients for Absolut
Vodka are sourced from southern
Sweden, in and around the village
of Åhus-every seed of hardy
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