Ginger Free Sparkling Lemonade Berry Spritz
This vibrant, fruit-forward spritz is the kind of drink that looks like it came from a fancy café but comes together in minutes with just a handful of fresh ingredients. Muddled strawberries form the heart of the drink, releasing a deeply ruby juice that pairs beautifully with bright lemon and a touch of maple syrup for natural sweetness. The whole thing gets lifted by chilled sparkling water, making it effervescent, refreshing, and genuinely hard to put down. Every single ingredient here is clean and straightforward — no spice blends, no flavored syrups, no hidden additives to second-guess. That matters more than you'd think, since ginger sneaks into a surprising number of bottled mixers, lemonades, and "natural flavor" drinks. Here, you control exactly what goes in the glass. Finish it with a sprig of mint and a few strawberry halves on the rim, and you've got something that's as pretty as it is delicious.
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4 servings
- 24 medium strawberries, hulled and halved
- ½ cup fresh lemon juice (from about 4 lemons)
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup cold water
- 3 cups sparkling water, chilled
- 1 cup ice cubes
- 8 fresh mint leaves (optional)
For serving
- 4 lemon slices, for garnish (optional)
- 4 strawberries, halved, for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Place the hulled strawberries in a large pitcher or the base of a cocktail shaker. Muddle firmly with a muddler or the back of a fork until the berries are fully broken down and deeply red, about 30 seconds.
- 2
Add the lemon juice, maple syrup, and cold water to the muddled strawberries. Stir or shake vigorously until the maple syrup is fully dissolved and the mixture is uniform in color.
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