ʻO ka ʻalani he hua e ulu ana ma luna o ka lāʻau hua. Ma Northern Germany, kapa ʻia lākou he "ʻalani". Kapa ʻia ke kala ʻalani ma muli o kēia hua. Aia nā māla ʻalani nui loa ma Brazil a me ʻAmelika. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā ʻalani mai kā mākou hale kūʻai kūʻai mai Sepania mai. ʻO ia ka hua citrus i ulu nui ʻia ma ka honua.
Aia ka ʻalani i ka genus o nā mea kanu citrus. He keʻokeʻo ka ʻili ʻalani ma loko a ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻai ʻia. Pono e ʻili ʻia ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana. ʻO nā kumulāʻau kahi e ulu ai nā ʻalani e mālama i ko lākou mau lau a puni ka makahiki a hiki ke ulu a hiki i ʻumi mika ke kiʻekiʻe. Hiki ke hana ʻia nā huahana like ʻole mai ka ʻalani. Kūʻai ʻia kā lākou wai i ʻoki ʻia e like me ka wai ʻalani. Hana ʻia ka ʻala mai ka ʻala o ka ʻili ʻalani. Hana ʻia ke kī mai ka ʻili ʻalani maloʻo.
I ka wā mua, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ka ʻalani i hiki iā mākou ke kūʻai i ka hale kūʻai. He keʻa ia ma waena o ʻelua mau huaʻai ʻē aʻe: ʻo ka tangerine a me ka huaʻala, ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka huaʻala. No Kina mai kēia crossbreed.
No ke aha e inu ai nā kānaka i ka wai ʻalani?
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻohe kuʻuna o ka ʻomi ʻana i ka ʻalani a me ka inu wai. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻalani. Akā i ka wā o ke Kaua Honua II, ua makemake nā alakaʻi o ka US Army e loaʻa i nā koa ka nui o ka huaora C. ʻO ka hopena, ua hana ʻia ka wai ʻalani ma ke ʻano he mea ʻono: ʻo kāu mea e hana ai ʻo ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka wai a hoʻoulu, a inu ʻoe.
Ma hope mai, ua ulu nui nā ʻalani, ʻoi loa ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Florida. He kūʻai kūʻai ka wai alani a ua hoʻolaha nui ʻia. Ma hope mai, ua hana ʻia ka wai ʻalani, hiki ke mālama ʻia me ka ʻole o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana. I mea e ʻono ai, hoʻokomo pū nā mea hana i nā mea ʻono i loko.
No laila ua lilo ka wai ʻalani i mea inu āu i inu ai i ka ʻaina kakahiaka. Ua ʻōlelo nā hoʻolaha a me ke aupuni US he olakino maikaʻi loa ka wai. I kēia lā naʻe, kānalua ka poʻe ʻepekema. No ka mea he nui ke kō i ka wai ʻalani, e like me ka lemonade.