Cosmopolitan UK — June 2017

First, everything – smoothies,

cocktails, coffee – turned green.

Then came the acai invasion, and

with it a wave of oxblood-coloured

concoctions (and lines of people

mispronouncing it at the tills). Now,

a delicacy called pitaya (dragon frui

to you or I) from Central America ha

captured the hearts – and Instagram

accounts – of the hipster food briga

and turned the world hot pink in

the process. A bona fide superfood,

it’s packed with antioxidants, iron,

magnesium and vitamin C. More

importantly, it looks (and tastes)

brilliant when blitzed and swirled int

cheesecake, lattes and cocktails. To

get the full effects of the colour, ma

sure you buy the pink-flesh pitayas,

as the white ones won’t do much fo

your Insta-feed. Or, have someone d

it for you. Planet Organic now serve

Dragon Berry smoothies, while bar

chain Dirty Martini has created a

dragon fruit and pomegranate mart

Shouting “Da flavour bomb!” after

every mouthful? Not necessary.

TASTE BOMB

WORDS AMY GRIER. PHOTOGRAPH JUNICHI ITO/THELICENSINGPROJECT.COM

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