Artificial Food Coloring Free Maple Pineapple Mint Lemonade
This drink is a serious upgrade from anything you'd find in a bottle — bright, tropical, and genuinely refreshing from the very first sip. Fresh pineapple gets blended and strained into pure juice, muddled mint adds an herbal lift, and real lemon juice brings that sharp citrus backbone you want in a great lemonade. A quick maple simple syrup ties it all together with a warm, natural sweetness that feels a little more interesting than plain sugar. Sparkling water goes in at the end for a light, fizzy finish that makes this feel like something you'd order at a nice restaurant. Because every single ingredient here is whole and unprocessed, there's no need to squint at a label hunting for dyes or artificial color additives — what you see is exactly what you get. It's the kind of drink that looks stunning in a tall glass with a mint sprig and a wedge of pineapple on the rim, and it tastes even better than it looks.
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4 servings
For the maple simple syrup
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup water
For the lemonade
- 2 cups fresh pineapple chunks (from about ½ small pineapple)
- ¾ cup fresh lemon juice (from about 5–6 lemons)
- 16 fresh mint leaves, plus more for garnish
- 3 cups sparkling water, chilled
- 2 cups ice cubes
For serving
- 4 lemon slices (optional)
- 4 small pineapple wedges (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine the maple syrup and water in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the syrup is fully dissolved, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool for 15 minutes until no longer warm to the touch.
- 2
Blend the pineapple chunks until smooth, then strain through a fine-mesh strainer into a pitcher, pressing the pulp to extract as much juice as possible. Discard the solids. You should have about 1 cup of pineapple juice.
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