: a green or yellow aromatic citrus fruit whose acidic rind and juice are often used in Japanese cuisine
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This one has yuzu juice, plus mango and pineapple puree, for a not-too-sweet zingy flavor.
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Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Jan. 2026
Plants in this family produce citrus fruits, including lemon, lime, grapefruit, orange, pomelo, yuzu, and others.
—Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
Along with a choice of cocktails, wines and champagne, guests were treated with a fresh and sophisticated meal that included a marinated sea bass carpaccio with basil oil, tagliatelle pasta with artichokes and truffle shavings and for desert, a vacherin with pear and yuzu.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 18 Jan. 2026
The new non-alcoholic drinks on the menu include the passion fruit mocktail made with lime, pineapple, passion fruit and soda, the prickly pear mocktail, which mixes lime, ginger beer and prickly pear and the yuzu matcha mocktail, which contains yuzu syrup, lemon, lime and matcha.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
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Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Jan. 2026
Plants in this family produce citrus fruits, including lemon, lime, grapefruit, orange, pomelo, yuzu, and others.
—Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
Along with a choice of cocktails, wines and champagne, guests were treated with a fresh and sophisticated meal that included a marinated sea bass carpaccio with basil oil, tagliatelle pasta with artichokes and truffle shavings and for desert, a vacherin with pear and yuzu.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 18 Jan. 2026
The new non-alcoholic drinks on the menu include the passion fruit mocktail made with lime, pineapple, passion fruit and soda, the prickly pear mocktail, which mixes lime, ginger beer and prickly pear and the yuzu matcha mocktail, which contains yuzu syrup, lemon, lime and matcha.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
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“Yuzu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yuzu. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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