Nothing screams Summer to me like a refreshing and fruity drink in the sunshine! I don’t know about you – but I have a hard time finding a fresh new drink that isn’t alcohol focused. The LIY mixologists recently purchased a BUNCH of ingredients and went to work, mixing up the freshest mocktails. [See us in action making them!] We had a lot of “WOW THAT’S TOO SWEET” and “What exactly did I do to this drink?!” moments – but we also had a lot of wins! Below are our 4 favorite mocktails of our mixology experiment.
But first — Are cocktails more your thing? Check out these posts!
- How to Host Your Own Cocktail Tasting Party
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Blackberry Mint Lemonade
Blackberry Mint Lemonade
Kombucha meets the refreshing, fresh flavors of blackberry, mint and lemonade in this mocktail.
Ingredients
- 4 Blackberries muddled
- 5 leaves Mint muddled
- 1 wedge Lemon Juiced
- 2 oz Lemonade
- 2 oz Club Soda
- 2 oz Berry Lemonade Kombucha
- 1 slice Lemon for garnish
- Sugar for garnish
Instructions
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Muddle Blackberries and Mint. Add juice from 1 Lemon wedge.
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Rub the rim of your martini glass with a lemon slice, turn moistened rim into a plate of sugar.
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Add all liquid ingredients to muddled ingredients. Mix and strain into martini glass. Garnish with lemon slice and enjoy.
Raspberry Mint Lemonade
Raspberry Mint Lemonade
Ingredients
- 1 slice lemoon
- 3 mint leaves (or more/less to your liking!)
- 3 raspberries (or more/less to your liking!)
- 1 cup soda water
- 1 cup lemonade
- 1 tsp honey
Instructions
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combine ingredients, shake with ice, and enjoy!
Mocktail Mimosa
Mocktail Mimosa
Ingredients
- 1 part Club Soda
- 2 parts Orange Juice (Or Grapefruit, Peach, etc.)
- Ice
Instructions
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Serve chilled or pour over ice. Cheers!
Mint Blackberry Spritzer
Mint Blackberry Spritzer
Ingredients
- 1 part pomegranate juice
- 2 parts club soda
- 1 tsp honey
- muddled mint leaves
- optional Champagne or vodka
Instructions
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Muddle mint leaves
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Line rim with sugar
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Add in pomegranate juice, club soda, honey and optional alcohol choice [champagne or vodka]
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Top with blackberries and a lemon slice – enjoy!
Margarita Mocktail
Ingredients
- 3 oz Simply Limeade
- 1.5 oz Pure La Croix
- 1 oz Orange Juice
- 1 Lime, squeezed
Instructions
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Mix together the Simply Limeade, La Croix, and Orange Juice.
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Line the rim of your glass with lime and then dip into salt!
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Enjoy!
As our Director of Operations, Steph is single-handedly responsible for any structure that exists here at LIY. Between communicating with our amazing brand partners, organizing blog content, managing the team, Steph loves organization *almost* as much as she does the latest cookie recipe she came up with from scratch. Give her a puzzle to be put together, a candle to burn and new sprigs of green growing out of her garden, and you’ve just explained the perfect day in Steph’s world.
