Kitron

Kitron

Bottle of Kitron
Type	Liqueur
Country of origin	Greece
Introduced	1896
Alcohol by volume	30-40%
Flavour	citrus

Kitronis acitron liqueurproduced on the Greek island ofNaxos.It is made from the fruit and leaves of thecitrontree, which is similar to thelemontree but stronger and slightly different in taste.

Kitron comes in three varieties. The green variety is sweeter and contains lessalcohol.The yellow variety is the strongest and has the leastsugar.Clear Kitron is somewhere in between.

Citron fruits and leaf of Naxos, employed in production of Kitron.

The drink was briefly fashionable during the early 1980s, but today it cannot be easily found outside Naxos due to a shortage of citron trees.

The first distillery was established in 1896 in the village of Halki. Kitro typically comes in three versions that differ in color and strength. Green-colored kitro is the sweetest and has the lowest alcohol content (30% ABV). The colorless version is bottled at 33% ABV, while the strongest yellow-colored variety comes bottled at 36% ABV.

Kitro has a distinctive citrusy aroma and flavor, and it is traditionally enjoyed as a digestif.

See also

• List of lemon dishes and beverages
• Greek citron
• Drink portal

External links

• Naxos Official Site
• Naxos Island
• The Citron in Naxosby Greek Travel
• The Citrons of Naxos
• Halki Village of Naxos
• Greece 9 - Korina Miller, Kate Armstrong, Michael Stamatios Clark, Chris Deliso - Google Books
• A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition - David A. Bender - Google Books