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{{Infobox drink|name=Limonana|image=File:Mint lemonade.jpg|caption=Limonana served in [[Damascus]], Syria|type=[[Lemonade]] or [[mixer (drink)|mixer]]|abv=|proof=|manufacturer=|distributor=|origin=|introduced=|discontinued=|colour=|flavour=|ingredients=[[Mint]], [[lemon juice]], sugar, [[seltzer]], or [[water]], [[ice]], occasionally [[lemon verbena]], sometimes mixed with [[arak]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Buzelan |first1=Shira |title=Arak-spiked ‘limonana’ with tapas for Independence Day |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/arak-spiked-limonana-with-tapas-for-yom-haatzmaut/ |accessdate=21 March 2020 |agency=The Times of Israel |publisher=The Times of Israel}}</ref>, [[gin]], [[bourbon]], and other [[liquors]]|variants=|related=|website=|region=}}
{{Infobox drink|name=Limonana|image=File:Mint lemonade.jpg|caption=Limonana served in [[Damascus]], Syria|type=[[Lemonade]] or [[mixer (drink)|mixer]]|abv=|proof=|manufacturer=|distributor=|origin=|introduced=|discontinued=|colour=|flavour=|ingredients=[[Mint]], [[lemon juice]], sugar, [[seltzer]], or [[water]], [[ice]], occasionally [[lemon verbena]], sometimes mixed with [[arak]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Buzelan |first1=Shira |title=Arak-spiked ‘limonana’ with tapas for Independence Day |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/arak-spiked-limonana-with-tapas-for-yom-haatzmaut/ |accessdate=21 March 2020 |agency=The Times of Israel |publisher=The Times of Israel}}</ref>, [[gin]], [[bourbon]], and other [[liquors]]|variants=|related=|website=|region=}}


'''Limonana''' ({{lang-ar|ليمون نعناع}}; {{lang-he|לימונענע}}) is a type of [[lemonade]] made from freshly-squeezed [[Lemonade#Lemon juice|lemon juice]] and [[Spearmint#Tea|spearmint]] leaves that forms a popular summer drink in [[Egypt]], [[Israel]], [[Cyprus]], [[Jordan]], [[Lebanon]], [[State of Palestine|Palestine]], and [[Syria]].{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
'''Limonana''' ({{lang-ar|ليمون نعناع}}; {{lang-he|לימונענע}}) is [[mint lemonade]] made from [[Lemonade#Lemon juice|lemon juice]] and [[Spearmint#Tea|spearmint]] leaves. It is a popular summer drink in [[Egypt]], [[Israel]], [[Cyprus]], [[Jordan]], [[Lebanon]], [[State of Palestine|Palestine]], and [[Syria]].{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
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The Israeli name ''limonana'' is a [[portmanteau]] of ''limon'' {{lang-he|לימון}} 'lemon' and ''nana'' {{lang-he|נענע}} 'mint'.<ref>{{cite web |title=Limonana: Summer Drinks |url=https://www.hadassahmagazine.org/2019/07/16/frozen-coffee-limonana-drinks-summer/ |website=Hadassah Magazine |accessdate=17 March 2020}}</ref> It was coined for an advertising campaign to promote [[bus advertising]], in which various celebrities were shown promoting a drink called "Limonana", a blend of lemon and mint, which was in the end revealed to be fictitious.<ref name="tapuz">{{cite web |url= http://www.tapuz.co.il/blog/net/viewentry.aspx?entryId=1714701 |script-title=he:הפלאפל ברדיו עובד,הפרסום פחות |trans-title=The Falafel on Radio Works, The Advertising Less So |publisher=tapuz.co.il |date=31 May 2010 |accessdate=28 May 2012|language=Hebrew }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=131098 |script-title=he:מה בולט ושורץ בגוש דן |trans-title=What is Prominent and Swarming in Gush Dan? |first=Vered |last=Sharon-Rivlin |date=14 October 1997 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |work=[[Globes]] |language=Hebrew |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215446/http://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=131098 |archivedate= 4 October 2013 }}</ref><ref name="marker">{{cite web |url=http://www.themarker.com/advertising/1.59847 |script-title=he:לימונענע וירטואלית |trans-title=Virtual Limonana |first=Lilach |last=Siegal |date=29 May 2001 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |work=[[The Marker]]|language=Hebrew }}</ref><ref name="forward">{{cite web |url= http://blogs.forward.com/the-jew-and-the-carrot/139623/limonana-sparkling-summer/ |title=Limonana: Sparkling Summer |first=Katherine |last=Martinelli |work=[[The Forward|Jewish Daily Forward]] |date=11 July 2011 |accessdate=28 May 2012}}</ref>
Limonana is a [[portmanteau]] of the words ''limon'' {{lang-he|לימון}}, meaning '''lemon''') and ''nana'' {{lang-he|נענע}}, which literally translates to '''mint'''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Limonana: Summer Drinks |url=https://www.hadassahmagazine.org/2019/07/16/frozen-coffee-limonana-drinks-summer/ |website=Hadassah Magazine |accessdate=17 March 2020}}</ref>

Based on the positive reception of the fictitious limonana, restaurants and soft drink manufacturers began selling the drink.<ref name="forward"/>


==History==
==History==
[[Mint lemonade]] has been widely consumed worldwide. The limonana name was invented in Israel in the 1990s.
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Limonana may have originated in Syria or Turkey.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} In Israel, the name came from an advertising campaign conducted in the early 1990s. At that time, public-bus advertising was in its infancy in Israel. The Fogel Levin advertising agency undertook a bus-only campaign to prove the effectiveness of this new medium. Fogel Levin advertised a soft drink called Limonana and printed its ads through the ''Galgalei Zahav'' (Wheels of Gold) company.<ref name="tapuz">{{cite web |url= http://www.tapuz.co.il/blog/net/viewentry.aspx?entryId=1714701 |script-title=he:הפלאפל ברדיו עובד,הפרסום פחות |trans-title=The Falafel on Radio Works, The Advertising Less So |publisher=tapuz.co.il |date=31 May 2010 |accessdate=28 May 2012|language=Hebrew }}</ref> The ads, describing the drink as a blend of lemon and mint, reported, "Rabinowitz drinks Limonana" and, "[[Eli Ohana|Ohana]] drinks Limonana",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=131098 |script-title=he:מה בולט ושורץ בגוש דן |trans-title=What is Prominent and Swarming in Gush Dan? |first=Vered |last=Sharon-Rivlin |date=14 October 1997 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |work=[[Globes]] |language=Hebrew |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215446/http://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=131098 |archivedate= 4 October 2013 }}</ref> referring to celebrities of the time. The ad campaign created a [[marketing buzz|buzz]]<ref name="tapuz"/> and consumers flocked to stores and kiosks to try the new flavor. Two weeks into the campaign, with consumers and stores clamoring for the product, the advertising agency admitted that no such drink existed.<ref name="marker">{{cite web |url=http://www.themarker.com/advertising/1.59847 |script-title=he:לימונענע וירטואלית |trans-title=Virtual Limonana |first=Lilach |last=Siegal |date=29 May 2001 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |work=[[The Marker]]|language=Hebrew }}</ref><ref name="forward">{{cite web |url= http://blogs.forward.com/the-jew-and-the-carrot/139623/limonana-sparkling-summer/ |title=Limonana: Sparkling Summer |first=Katherine |last=Martinelli |work=[[The Forward|Jewish Daily Forward]] |date=11 July 2011 |accessdate=28 May 2012}}</ref> Spurred by customer demand, first restaurants and then soft drink manufacturers began to produce the flavor combination.<ref name="forward"/>


==Preparation==
==Preparation==
Limonana can be prepared as a lemonade, a [[smoothie]],<ref name="liz">{{cite web |url=http://food.lizsteinberg.com/2010/07/04/ice-limonana-mint-lemonade-the-drink-of-the-israeli-summer/ |title=Ice Limonana &ndash; Mint lemonade, the drink of the Israeli summer |publisher=Cafe Liz |date=4 July 2010 |accessdate=28 May 2012}}</ref> and a [[slush]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://expeditions.daattravel.com/food/the-frozen-seat/|title=The Frozen Seat|publisher=Da'at Travel|accessdate=28 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707062836/http://expeditions.daattravel.com/food/the-frozen-seat/|archive-date=7 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> It has also been incorporated into [[sorbet]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.jta.org/candko/ |title=The New Basics |first=Laurie |last=Moskowitz |work=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] |date=11 January 2011 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607191420/http://blogs.jta.org/candko/ |archivedate= 7 June 2012 }}</ref> and [[yogurt]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-1950293,00.html |script-title=he:טרה משיקה משקאות יוגורט פרי עם תוספים בריאותיים |trans-title=Tara Produces Fruit Yogurt Drinks With Healthy Additives |publisher=[[Ynet]] |date=18 June 2002 |accessdate=28 May 2012|language=Hebrew }}</ref>
The mint leaves may be [[muddler|muddled]], infused in sugar syrup,> or puréed with a blender.<ref name="forward"/ It may be served as an iced beverage, as a [[smoothie]],<ref name="liz">{{cite web |url=http://food.lizsteinberg.com/2010/07/04/ice-limonana-mint-lemonade-the-drink-of-the-israeli-summer/ |title=Ice Limonana &ndash; Mint lemonade, the drink of the Israeli summer |publisher=Cafe Liz |date=4 July 2010 |accessdate=28 May 2012}}</ref> or as a [[slush]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://expeditions.daattravel.com/food/the-frozen-seat/|title=The Frozen Seat|publisher=Da'at Travel|accessdate=28 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707062836/http://expeditions.daattravel.com/food/the-frozen-seat/|archive-date=7 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> It has also been incorporated into [[sorbet]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.jta.org/candko/ |title=The New Basics |first=Laurie |last=Moskowitz |work=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] |date=11 January 2011 |accessdate=28 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607191420/http://blogs.jta.org/candko/ |archivedate= 7 June 2012 }}</ref> and [[yogurt]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-1950293,00.html |script-title=he:טרה משיקה משקאות יוגורט פרי עם תוספים בריאותיים |trans-title=Tara Produces Fruit Yogurt Drinks With Healthy Additives |publisher=[[Ynet]] |date=18 June 2002 |accessdate=28 May 2012|language=Hebrew }}</ref>


===Use as a mixer===
===Use as a mixer===

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This redirect is about the drink popular in the Middle East. For other uses, see Mint lemonade.
Limonana
Limonana served in Damascus, Syria
TypeLemonade or mixer
IngredientsMint, lemon juice, sugar, seltzer, or water, ice, occasionally lemon verbena, sometimes mixed with arak[1], gin, bourbon, and other liquors

Limonana (Template:Lang-ar; Template:Lang-he) is mint lemonade made from lemon juice and spearmint leaves. It is a popular summer drink in Egypt, Israel, Cyprus, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria.[citation needed]

Etymology

The Israeli name limonana is a portmanteau of limon Template:Lang-he 'lemon' and nana Template:Lang-he 'mint'.[2] It was coined for an advertising campaign to promote bus advertising, in which various celebrities were shown promoting a drink called "Limonana", a blend of lemon and mint, which was in the end revealed to be fictitious.[3][4][5][6]

Based on the positive reception of the fictitious limonana, restaurants and soft drink manufacturers began selling the drink.[6]

History

Mint lemonade has been widely consumed worldwide. The limonana name was invented in Israel in the 1990s.

Preparation

The mint leaves may be muddled, infused in sugar syrup,> or puréed with a blender.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). or as a slush.[7] It has also been incorporated into sorbet[8] and yogurt.[9]

Use as a mixer

Limonana is a popular mixer in Israel, and alcoholic variants of the drink are also popular in bars across the country and particularly in Tel Aviv, usually containing arak or tequila.[10][11][12] James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Solomonov offers a version of limonana mixed with Jim Beam at his restaurant.[13] An Israeli restaurant in Los Angeles serves limonana mixed with gin.[14]

As a flavor

"The flavor combination [limonana] makes each sing; each refreshing and rejuvenating on their own and even more so together. In Israel it is a popular flavor for sorbet and cold drinks."

— Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder PhD, Be'chol Lashon[15]

Sorbet

In addition to it's use as a beverage, the word limonana is sometimes used to refer to a flavor of sorbet, popsicles, and other foods. Limonana is an incredibly popular flavor for sorbet in Israel, where it can be found at many ice cream shops including the country's largest, Aldo.[16] It is also a popular sorbet flavor among those in the Jewish diaspora, especially the United States, where it is often prepared at home[17][18], sometimes with the addition of melon.[19]

Popsicles (Artikim)

Popsicles are sold in "limonana" Flavor in Israel, where they are sold in packaged form across the nation and are called "Artikim", and limonana is one of the most-popular flavors of artikim.[20]

Popularity in Israel

Limonana served in Jerusalem

Limonana has been said to be ubiquitous in Israel, especially as a refreshing drink in the summertime.[21] It can be found virtually everywhere in the country, sold from pushcarts, juice bars, shuks, bars, restaurants, grocery and convenience stores across Israel. It can come in bottled form, but is often made at home as well. The ingredients of limonana vary depending on purveyor, but it generally contains fresh mint leaves, lemon juice, and sugar. There are many variations of limonana in Israel. The most-popular variety is a frozen blended beverage similar to a slushie and featured, mint, lemon juice, sugar, water, and crushed ice. It is often found in without ice added and instead with just water. Sometimes seltzer, also known as "Jewish champagne"[22], is added in place of flat water. Some add Sprite to their limonana. Lemon verbena leaves are sometimes added as well, adding a floral flavor to the beverage.[23][24]

Availability in the United States

It is on the menu at Aroma Espresso Bars in New York, Florida, and Canada.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Buzelan, Shira. "Arak-spiked 'limonana' with tapas for Independence Day". The Times of Israel. The Times of Israel. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Limonana: Summer Drinks". Hadassah Magazine. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. ^ הפלאפל ברדיו עובד,הפרסום פחות [The Falafel on Radio Works, The Advertising Less So] (in Hebrew). tapuz.co.il. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  4. ^ Sharon-Rivlin, Vered (14 October 1997). מה בולט ושורץ בגוש דן [What is Prominent and Swarming in Gush Dan?]. Globes (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  5. ^ Siegal, Lilach (29 May 2001). לימונענע וירטואלית [Virtual Limonana]. The Marker (in Hebrew). Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  6. ^ a b c Martinelli, Katherine (11 July 2011). "Limonana: Sparkling Summer". Jewish Daily Forward. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  7. ^ "The Frozen Seat". Da'at Travel. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  8. ^ Moskowitz, Laurie (11 January 2011). "The New Basics". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  9. ^ טרה משיקה משקאות יוגורט פרי עם תוספים בריאותיים [Tara Produces Fruit Yogurt Drinks With Healthy Additives] (in Hebrew). Ynet. 18 June 2002. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  10. ^ "Tourist Tip #16 / Arak". Ha’aretz. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Tourist Tip #34 / Alcoholic Drinks". Ha’aretz. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  12. ^ Buzelan, Shira. "Arak-spiked 'limonana' with tapas for Independence Day". The Times of Israel. The Times of Israel. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Zahav defines Israeli cuisine in America". Eater. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  14. ^ Medovoy, George. "Savoring Israeli flavors at Jaffa.LA". The Jerusalem Post. The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  15. ^ Abusch-Magder PhD, Rabbi Ruth. "Top 10 Israeli Foods to Celebrate Yom Ha'atzmaut". The Forward. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  16. ^ Ferst, Devra. "Israeli Gelato Makes New York Debut". The Forward. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  17. ^ "Limonana Sorbet". Kosher.com.
  18. ^ Feldman, Chavi. "Limonana Sorbet". Mishpacha Magazine. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  19. ^ "Lemondrop Melon Limonana Sorbet". FoodWanderings. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  20. ^ Solomonov, Cook, Michael, Steven (2018). Israeli Soul: Easy, Essential, Delicious. HMH.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ Rothfeld, Silverton, Steven, Nancy. Israel Eats.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  22. ^ Solomonov, Mike. Israeli Soul. HMH.
  23. ^ "Limonana: The Israeli Beverage of Summer". Touchpoint Israel. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  24. ^ "When Life Gives You Lemons Make Limonana". From The Grapevine. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
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