Yeast Free Green Tea Citrus Spritz

Total time45 min

Prep time10 min

Cook time5 min

5.0

(12)

This bright, bubbly drink is everything you want on a warm afternoon — refreshing, lightly sweet, and layered with the kind of citrus flavor that actually wakes you up. Green tea is steeped just long enough to develop a deep golden-green color without turning bitter, then sweetened with maple syrup and spiked with fresh-squeezed orange and lime juice before being topped off with sparkling water. The result is a sophisticated spritz that feels like something you'd order at a nice café, except you made it at home in about 30 minutes. For anyone navigating a yeast-free lifestyle, fizzy drinks can be a minefield — many commercial sodas and flavored beverages sneak in unexpected fermented ingredients or additives. Every single component here is clean and straightforward: brewed tea, real citrus, a natural sweetener, and plain sparkling water. Garnish with a thin citrus slice and a sprig of fresh mint and it looks genuinely stunning in the glass. It's the kind of drink that disappears fast, so you might want to double the batch.

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Ingredients

4 servings

For the green tea base

2 cups water
3 green tea bags
3 tbsp maple syrup
½ cup fresh orange juice (from about 2 medium oranges)
3 tbsp fresh lime juice (from about 2 limes)

To finish

2 cups sparkling water, chilled
1 cup ice cubes

For serving

4 thin orange or lime slices, for garnish (optional)
4 fresh mint sprigs, for garnish (optional)

Instructions

1
Bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a small saucepan, then remove from the heat. Add the green tea bags and steep for 3 minutes, until the tea is a deep golden-green. Remove and discard the bags — do not squeeze them, as this releases bitter tannins.
2
Stir the maple syrup into the hot tea until fully dissolved. Let the sweetened tea cool to room temperature, about 15 minutes, then refrigerate until cold, at least 15 minutes more.

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