BHA & BHT Free Cranberry Ginger Cooler
This refreshing sparkling drink is everything you want on a warm day — tart, lightly sweet, and alive with the zing of real ginger. The base comes together by simmering fresh ginger slices with water and maple syrup, coaxing out a deeply aromatic syrup that forms the backbone of the whole drink. Unsweetened cranberry juice and fresh lime juice round out the flavor with bright, natural acidity, and a pour of sparkling water at the end keeps every glass effervescent and lively. For anyone navigating preservative-free eating, packaged beverages and flavored drinks are often a minefield of additives you'd rather avoid. This cooler sidesteps all of that by relying entirely on whole, unprocessed ingredients — fresh citrus, real ginger root, pure maple syrup, and 100% cranberry juice. There's nothing on this ingredient list that requires a label check or a second guess. Garnished with a sprig of mint and a thin lime wheel, it also looks stunning enough to serve at a gathering without anyone suspecting it took less than 30 minutes to pull together.
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4 servings
For the ginger syrup
- 1 cup 100% cranberry juice (unsweetened)
- ½ cup water
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
- 2-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
For the cooler
- 3 tbsp fresh lime juice (from about 2 limes)
- 2 cups sparkling water
- 2 cups ice cubes
For serving
- 4 sprigs fresh mint (optional)
- 4 thin lime slices (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine the water, maple syrup, and sliced ginger in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the maple syrup dissolves. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook for 5 minutes, until the syrup is fragrant and the ginger flavor is pronounced.
- 2
Remove from the heat and let the ginger syrup steep for 15 minutes, until cooled to room temperature. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer into a pitcher, pressing the ginger slices to extract as much liquid as possible; discard the solids.
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