Nitrate & Nitrite Free Pineapple Mint Spritz
Bright, tropical, and impossibly refreshing, this sparkling drink is built entirely from whole, clean ingredients — fresh pineapple, real lime juice, maple syrup, and garden-fresh mint. For anyone navigating processed beverages and flavored sodas, which often sneak in preservatives and cured-ingredient derivatives, making your own spritz at home is the smartest move you can make. Blending and straining the pineapple and mint creates a silky, jewel-toned base that tastes far more sophisticated than anything bottled. The maple syrup adds just enough sweetness without refined additives, and the sparkling water brings that satisfying fizz you'd expect from a fancy cocktail-hour drink. A squeeze of fresh lime ties everything together with a zippy brightness that makes each sip feel like a mini vacation. It's the kind of drink you'll want to batch up for a crowd, and since every ingredient is straightforward and unprocessed, you can pour it with total confidence.
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4 servings
- 3 cups fresh pineapple chunks (about ½ medium pineapple), peeled and cored
- ½ cup fresh mint leaves, loosely packed
- 3 tbsp fresh lime juice (from about 2 limes)
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 cup cold water
- 2 cups sparkling water, chilled
- 1 cup ice cubes
For serving
- lime slices, for serving (optional)
- fresh mint sprigs, for serving (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Add the pineapple chunks, mint leaves, lime juice, maple syrup, and cold water to 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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