High Fructose Corn Syrup Free Turmeric-Cinnamon Grapefruit Rosemary Spritz

Total time30 min

Prep time5 min

Cook time10 min

High Fructose Corn Syrup Free Turmeric-Cinnamon Grapefruit Rosemary Spritz

This golden, fizzy spritz is the kind of drink that looks like it came from a fancy cocktail bar but comes together in your own kitchen with nothing but honest, whole ingredients. The sweetness here comes entirely from honey — simmered down with turmeric, cinnamon, a touch of black pepper, and fresh rosemary into a fragrant, lightly spiced syrup that does all the heavy lifting. That means no corn syrup, no mystery sweeteners, and no label-reading anxiety — just a clean, naturally sweetened base you made yourself. Fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice brings a bright, citrusy bite that plays beautifully against the warm spice of the syrup, and sparkling water lifts the whole thing into something genuinely refreshing. The steeping step is where the magic happens — letting that rosemary sprig sit in the warm syrup pulls out its piney, herbal oils and makes the drink taste far more complex than the ingredient list suggests. It's endlessly adjustable too, since you can dial the syrup up or down depending on how sweet or tart you like it. Serve it over ice with a rosemary sprig and a grapefruit slice and it's practically begging to be photographed.

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Ingredients

2 servings

For the syrup

¼ cup honey
Nature Nate's 100% Pure Raw & Unfiltered Organic Honey – 16 oz Nature Nate's Organic Raw & Unfiltered Honey - 32 oz Aunt Sues Honey - 32 OZ Heavenly Organics Raw White Honey Really Raw Honey, 8 oz (226 g)
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¼ cup water
½ tsp ground turmeric
¼ tsp ground cinnamon
1 sprig fresh rosemary (about 4 inches)
1 pinch black pepper

For the spritz

¾ cup fresh grapefruit juice (from about 1 large grapefruit)
1 ½ cups sparkling water
ice cubes, as needed

For serving

2 small sprigs fresh rosemary (optional)
2 thin grapefruit slices (optional)

Instructions

1
Combine the honey, water, ground turmeric, ground cinnamon, rosemary sprig, and black pepper in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the honey dissolves, about 2 minutes.
2
Bring the mixture to a gentle simmer, then reduce the heat to low and cook for 5 minutes, until the syrup is fragrant and lightly thickened. Remove from the heat.

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