Water with Pomelo and Thyme

(Photo LOF - water with yellow grapefruit and thyme)

Spring Cocktails 2005 in New-York they are working on drinks that are « less alcoholic and more casual and appropriate to outdoor drinking » – todays flavours? hibiscus, lavander and thyme.

The following recipe requires a real pomelo not a grapefruit.
The pomelo is yellow and more aromatic than a grapefruit.
You use ½ pomelo cut in 4 for 75 cl of water.Let it sit for at least 4 hours in the refrigerator with a branch of dryed thyme.
Water with pomelo and thyme is a light water, good with salads, new vegetables, ham with melon , the joys of the first warm days.

Its best when you are really thirsty; just back from the garden : drink and you cross a universe of images and perfumes.
Now, whether drinking pomelo water fights somnolence at the end of a meal, our gourmandotests show that YES - especially compared to wine from Evora.
(Photo LOF - Citrus grandis "Thai Chandler" Bachès LOF n°55)