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chinotto
myrtle-leaf orange and a drink
Chinotti are myrtle-leaf oranges, grown in Sicily, Liguria, Tuscany and Calabria. Their sour, bitter fruit the main ingredient of a well-known soft drink, Chinotto, as well as an important flavouring in Campari and most other amari.
Liguria's chinotto di Savona is in the Slow Food Presidium.
Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls
Image by Nadiatalent, Creative Commons License