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National Orange Juice Day

Drink · May 4

A day for orange juice, the bright breakfast drink squeezed from oranges, enjoyed fresh, from a carton, with pulp or without.

National Orange Juice Day falls on Tuesday, May 4, 2027. That is 189 days away.

Orange juice is the liquid pressed from oranges, usually served cold in a short glass next to breakfast. It is sweet, a little tart, and the color of a sunrise someone turned up a notch.

The great divide is pulp. Some people want every fleck of fruit floating in the glass, others strain it out until the juice runs smooth. Stores often sell several versions side by side, from no pulp to plenty, so both camps can shop the same aisle in peace.

Fresh squeezed juice tastes different from the packaged kind. It is brighter and slightly sharper, and it changes as it sits. Squeezing it at home takes a handful of oranges for a single glass, which makes the first sip feel earned. A simple handheld reamer does the job, and a fork pressed into a halved orange works in a pinch.

Orange juice also shows up beyond breakfast. It goes into marinades, salad dressings, frozen pops and smoothies, and a splash brightens a pitcher of iced tea or sparkling water. Different orange varieties give different results, with some sweeter and others more tangy, so the same recipe can taste new depending on the fruit.

The juice should be drunk soon after squeezing, since the flavor fades as it sits in the glass.

Ways to celebrate

• Try squeezing a glass of fresh orange juice at home.
• Compare pulp and no pulp juice in a side by side taste test.
• Freeze orange juice in molds for simple homemade pops.
• Add a splash of orange juice to sparkling water.
• Look for a new orange variety at the market and juice it.

Dates

All national days on May 4

Also on May 4

• Star Wars Day
• National Candied Orange Peel Day
• National Teacher Day
• National Weather Observers Day
• Yom HaShoah

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