Mastiha Spritz Recipe

Inspired by OPSO

Time6m

Serves1

Lyre's Italian orange, mastiha, grapefruit soda

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Ingredients

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1
Optional sugar rim
If you want a sugared rim with mastiha aroma: rub a grapefruit wedge around the glass rim, then dip the rim into a shallow plate with superfine sugar mixed with a pinch of powdered mastiha (or plain superfine sugar). Set the glass aside.

2
Fill a large wine glass or rocks glass with cubed ice (about 1 cup).
3
Pour 1.5 oz Lyre's Italian Orange over the ice.
4
Add 0.5 oz mastiha (or mastiha syrup). If using concentrated mastiha spirit, use the lower amount and consider adding the optional 0.25 oz simple syrup if additional sweetness is desired.
5
Add 0.25 oz fresh lemon juice to brighten the cocktail and balance sweetness.
6
If you prefer a slightly sweeter spritz, add 0.25 oz simple syrup. Stir gently with a bar spoon 6–8 times to combine ingredients without flattening the soda.
7
Top gently with 3 oz chilled grapefruit soda. Pour slowly over the back of a spoon or down the glass interior to preserve effervescence. Give one very gentle stir (1–2 rotations) to integrate the soda.

8
Garnish with a grapefruit wheel or a thin grapefruit twist hooked on the rim. Optionally drop the wheel into the glass for additional aroma.
9
Serve immediately while the soda is fizzy.