Talk:Nectar (drink)

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I don't like this definition of Nectar(drink). Clearly nectar is what bees feast on from a flower, a syrupy sugary substance - so the context of nectar as a drink must refer back to this. The connection to ancient Greek gods and ambrosia is very fitting. Nectar is surely the drink of the gods. The difference between a nectar and a juice must be more than that a juice is 100% fruit juice and a nectar is not.

Something to do with sugar content or viscosity of the liquid would sit better. Nectar, like a peach nectar is thick and sickly sweet. A juice seems to have a higher water content, even as squeezed from its fruit, not necessarily reconstituted with water.

Some fruits would not produce a nectar. Orange, Apple, Watermelon, tomato etc are so high in water content that they can only produce a juice. Concentrating these products would produce a syrup or a concentrate, not a nectar.

Other fruits would not produce a juice. Strawberry, Peach, Guava, Apricot, are low in water content and their drink forms so potent and thick they could only be called nectar.

Do we have some consensus here?