Coconut Free Maple Pineapple Mint Lemonade
This vibrant, fizzy drink is the kind of thing you want in your hand the moment the temperature climbs. Fresh pineapple is blended and strained into pure juice, then muddled with mint and brightened with real lemon juice for a layered, tropical flavor that tastes anything but simple. A quick maple simple syrup — just maple syrup and water stirred together on the stove — adds a warm, rounded sweetness that plays beautifully against the citrus tang. Sparkling water goes in last, keeping everything light and effervescent right up until the first sip. So many flavored drinks and store-bought lemonades sneak in coconut water or coconut-derived sweeteners, but every ingredient here is straightforward and easy to verify. The whole process is surprisingly hands-on in the best way: blending, straining, muddling, and layering flavors until you've built something genuinely impressive. Dress each glass with a lemon slice, a pineapple wedge, and a fresh mint sprig, and it looks as good as it tastes.
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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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