Coconut Free Grape Mint Sparkling Cooler
This refreshing drink is everything you want on a warm day — jewel-toned, lightly sweet, and alive with the brightness of fresh mint and lime. Real seedless red grapes get blended down and strained into a silky base that tastes far more sophisticated than anything you'd pull from a bottle. A touch of maple syrup adds just enough sweetness without overpowering the fruit, while a pinch of salt quietly pulls the whole thing together. The sparkling water goes in last, keeping that satisfying fizz intact from the first sip to the last. Many store-bought sparkling drinks and flavored sodas sneak in coconut-derived ingredients or natural flavors with murky sourcing, so making your own means you know exactly what's in the glass. It comes together in minutes with a blender and a strainer, making it just as practical as it is pretty. Pile on the ice, tuck in a sprig of mint, and you've got a crowd-pleasing cooler that looks like it took way more effort than it did.
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4 servings
- 2 cups seedless red grapes, stems removed
- ¼ cup fresh mint leaves, loosely packed
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsp fresh lime juice (from about 1 lime)
- ¼ tsp fine salt
- 2 cups sparkling water, chilled
For serving
- ice, for serving
- fresh mint sprigs, for serving (optional)
- lime slices, for serving (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine the grapes, mint leaves, maple syrup, lime juice, and salt in a blender. Blend on high until completely smooth, about 45 seconds.
- 2
Set a fine-mesh strainer over a pitcher and pour the blended mixture through it, pressing gently with a spoon to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard the solids.
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