Yuzu Soda Mocktail Recipe
Yuzu juice and soda over ice — a citrus that smells like grapefruit and mandarin at once, and tastes like neither.
- Category: Mocktail
- Glass: Highball glass
- ABV: 0%
- Difficulty: Easy
- Prep time: ~3 min
- Alcohol-free: ✓
Ingredients
- Yuzu juice30 ml (1 oz)
- Simple syrup20 ml (0.7 oz)
- Soda water150 ml (5.1 oz)
How to Make It
- Fill a highball glass to the top with ice.
- Add the yuzu juice and syrup, then stir once.
- Top slowly with cold soda water.
- Express the peel over the glass and drop it in.
Garnish
Yuzu or lemon peel
What it tastes like
It smells of lemon and lime peel, it is carbonated and it drinks cool and easy.
The technique
Built in the glass. Ice goes into the serving glass, the ingredients go on top, and you stir once if at all. Anything carbonated goes in LAST and never gets stirred; every turn of the spoon costs you bubbles. Fill the glass to the rim with ice: less ice melts faster, not slower.
Glass and ice
A tall, narrow highball. The narrowness does real work — less surface area means the carbonation lasts longer and the ice melts more slowly.
Ingredient notes and substitutes
- Simple syrup
- One part sugar to one part water, stirred until it dissolves — no need to boil it. Keeps a month in the fridge. No syrup? Use the same amount of honey, loosened with a little water.
- Soda water
- Plain carbonated water. It goes in LAST and nothing is stirred after it. An open bottle goes flat fast, so small bottles make more sense than big ones.
The Story
Yuzu is barely eaten in Japan; almost the entire crop goes to juice, peel and bath water on the winter solstice.
Frequently asked questions
- How is a Yuzu Soda mixed?
- It is built in the glass and served in a highball glass.
- Does a Yuzu Soda contain alcohol?
- No. It is safe to serve to children, to anyone pregnant, and to whoever is driving.
- Is a Yuzu Soda hard to make?
- Easy. No bar kit required — a measure, ice and a jar will do.
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