Cordials always taste better when diluted with sparkling water, With still water, the resulting drink was always too sweet when made as according to the instructions or too watery when made according to taste. Perhaps, they’re made with the intention of being diluted with sparkling water as its natural acidity balances the sweetness. This Bickford’s Pink Grapefruit Cordial is no exception.
Diluting at a 1:5 cordial to soda water ratio, the drink was a cloudy pale pink colour with a zesty citrus nose and moderate carbonation. Served chilled, sweet notes of grapefruit flesh are evident from the start and persist throughout the sip with the tangy qualities of the fruit emerging in the body before a bitter undertone recalling grapefruit zest complements the sweetness in the finish for a refreshing aftertaste.
This Pink Grapefruit Cordial by Bickford’s contained 750 ml. It was bottled in Australia and purchased in Sydney, Australia in 2016.