Artificial Food Coloring Free Pomegranate Ginger Spritz
Bright, fizzy, and deeply refreshing, this sparkling drink gets its gorgeous ruby color entirely from real pomegranate juice — no dyes, no artificial anything. That's actually harder to find than you'd think with store-bought sodas and juice blends, which often sneak in synthetic colorants to punch up their appearance. Here, the color is the real deal, and so is every other flavor note: sharp fresh lemon, warming grated ginger, and a touch of honey to round it all out. The ginger gets strained out after steeping into the juice mixture, so you get all that spicy depth without any fibrous bits in your glass. Topping it off with chilled sparkling water gives it that satisfying effervescence without any of the mystery ingredients hiding in flavored sodas. A lemon slice and a sprig of fresh mint make it look like something you'd pay twelve dollars for at a fancy brunch spot — but it comes together in minutes with ingredients you can actually read and recognize.
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2 servings
- 1 cup 100% pomegranate juice, chilled
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp fresh ginger, finely grated
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 cup sparkling water, chilled
- ice cubes, as needed
For serving
- 2 thin lemon slices, for serving (optional)
- 2 small sprigs fresh mint, for serving (optional)
Instructions
- 1
In a pitcher or cocktail shaker, combine the pomegranate juice, lemon juice, grated ginger, and honey. Stir or shake until the honey is fully dissolved.
- 2
Pour the mixture through a fine mesh strainer into the pitcher or directly into two ice-filled glasses, pressing on the ginger to extract the juice.
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