It’s not only fruity drinks that can deliver a sparkling punch of pleasure to your throat.
your herb of choice.
This veggie shocker will catapult your senses to heaven.
Ingredients:
- 4 cups soda
- Sugar according to taste
- 3 cucumbers
- 1 large bell pepper
- 1 lime
- 3 lemons
- Mint/estragon leaves
- Ice
Directions:
1. One hour before you begin to cook, slice the pepper and 2 cucumbers. Sprinkle the
chopped veg with sugar.
2. Slice up 1 lemon and the 3rd cucumber.
3. Then zest and squeeze your lime. Also squeeze 2 lemons for juice.
4. Into a pitcher, pop your mint or estragon. Sprinkle with sugar.
5. While they are moist, add the cucumbers, bell pepper, lime zest and slices of lemon.
6. Add the lime and lemon juices to the soda. Mix together and add ice.
7. Take your drink glasses and first add lemon and cucumber slices before your pour in
the drink.
I thought I knew all about ginger ale until I made this beauty for myself. Combining that marvelous spicy root with limes and mint will produce a fizzy sensation that will knock your socks off.
Ingredients:
- Cane sugar, according to taste
- 4 limes
- Fresh ginger, according to taste
- Mint
- 4 cups soda
- 1/2 cup water
- Ice
Directions
1. Take the limes and squeeze them for their juice.
2. Add water and sugar to a pan. Simmer on a low heat until the sugar dissolves.
3. Take the ginger and grate it, then add to your syrup.
4. Turn off the heat when it starts boiling.
5. Let the syrup cool down thoroughly, then combine with your lime juice, soda, and ice.
6. Add mint to garnish.
6. Cucumber & Lime
for a summery drink. This drink is also bursting with deliciously fruity orange and lime.
With a fizzy soda kick, this beverage will give you exciting refreshment.
Ingredients:
- 1 lime
- 2 cucumbers
- 1 large orange
- 4 cups soda
Optional:
- Honey (according to taste)
- Mint (according to taste)
Directions:
1. Add 1 cucumber to a blender and blend until pulped. Slice the other cucumber into circles.
2. Take the orange and squeeze the juice from it. Do the same for the lime.
3. Place the 2 cucumbers into a large pitcher (add honey if you wish).
4. Combine the juice with the soda (plus some mint leaves if you wish).
7. Pineapple
Another of nature’s blessings is the pineapple. There are many other good reasons why
you need to be drinking pineapple juice, but I drink it for the taste! I can say without
doubt that you'll want it in your glass permanently after you experience the thrill this
recipe offers.
Ingredients:
- 4 cups water
- 1 lemon
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 can pineapple plus juice or 1 fresh pineapple (expertly chopped)
- Mint
Directions:
1. Boil the water in a pan.
2. Zest and squeeze the lemon for juice.
3. Add sugar to the water. Simmer the mixture until the sugar has dissolved.
4. Pop in your lemon zest. Turn the stove off.
5. Using a sieve, pour your syrup into a pitcher.
6. Combine with pineapple and lemon juice.
7. Slice the pineapple and add it to the mixture.
8. Wait until the drink has cooled off completely, then put it into the fridge.
9. Add fresh pineapple to your glass, then pour in your drink and enjoy.
Bonus: Hot Moroccan mint tea
It was only when I visited Morocco that I realized that hot weather drinks don't need
to be served ice cold. The locals there seem to only drink hot mint tea, but what
a deliciously refreshing treat it is! So here is a bonus recipe for you that shows it
doesn’t matter whether the weather is hot or cold - it's the deliciousness of what
you're drinking that matters most.
Ingredients
- 10 sprigs of fresh mint, plus extra for garnish
- 3 teaspoons green tea
- 3 tablespoons sugar (or more to taste)
- 4 cups water
Directions
1. Bring the water to the boil, adding a little to a teapot. Swish the teapot around a little
to heat it up.
2. Pop mint, green tea and sugar into the warm teapot. After that pour in the remaining
hot water.
3. Brew the tea for 3 minutes.
4. Have your glasses (as slender as you can get) ready for serving.
5. Pour some tea into one glass only. Then return the tea back from the glass into
the pot again.
6. Repeat this process in order better to melt and redistribute the sugar evenly.
7. Holding your teapot high, pour the tea into glasses so you see foam on the top of the
drinks. If there is no foam, try again. It should start to foam after a bit.
8. Garnish with the remaining sprigs of mint.
9. With your left over mint springs garnish your glasses. Alternatively, put the remaining mint leaves in the glasses before you pour in the tea.
