Sodas, part 2

The other day I realized that all I drink is water. At least I have variety. I have my choice of filtered, bottled, or sparkling.

And flower water!

I love flower waters! I can’t believe I learned about them so late in life! I remember walking around my favorite international food store last year looking for something else, and I came across a whole shelf of different kinds of distilled flower water. Rose, orange blossom, mint, lavender, chicory and one that I never heard of that I can’t recall the name of at the moment. I spent about twenty minutes reading the bottles and making a decision about the ones I wanted to try. I went home with rose, orange blossom and mint, and those are the ones I keep in my fridge at all times. You can find these in your local Middle Eastern food market too.

With a bottle of sparkling water, cranberry, lemon or lime juice and a little stevia, I can make easy delicious sodas that are so different, I never have to even think about having a diet sprite or a diet Dr. Pepper.

Here are some of my favorite combos:
Cranberry juice and Rose water
Orange Blossom water and lemon juice
Mint water and lime juice, like a mild mojito

The tartness of the juices keeps the flower waters from being too cloying when you add your sweetener.

You just add a touch of flower water to the bottom of the glass, put in the juice of a half of a lemon or lime, or a quarter inch of cranberry juice, about two scoops of stevia and fill the rest of the glass with the bubbly water. So good and refreshing.

Who knew water could taste so good!