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This Rose Mocktail is beautiful and perfect for summer! It’s hydrating, refreshing, and most importantly, it has some health benefits that you won’t get from a cocktail!
This drink is important to me, because for the longest time I’ve loved indulging in a cocktail. But now that I’m getting older, I just don’t bounce back quickly and it’s not as fun or indulgent as it used to be. That 15 minutes of relaxation isn’t worth the dehydration that quickly follows.
I wanted a drink that would look nice in my stemless wine glass, look and feel like an indulgent cocktail, but have some health benefits. Oh, and I didn’t want it to taste sugary or syrup-y like many homemade mocktails often do.
So without further ado let’s discuss this rose mocktail!
Ingredients
Rose tea - technically I used a rose-hibiscus blend. You can use any rose, hibiscus, or passionflower blend. This is the tea that I used.
Honey - just add the honey when you’re brewing your tea. If you don't want to use honey, any sweetener of your choice will work in its place.
Himalayan salt - for rimming your glass. Pink salt has loads of health benefits and it looks nice on the glass. You can feel free to skip this step if you want to.
Lemon juice - freshly squeezed is best! This adds a nice citrus-y kick!
Ginger - many mocktails are missing that bit of bitterness, and I feel that ginger really does the trick here. Make sure that it’s freshly grated. Grating it is key, here, otherwise you’ll end up with big chunks of ginger in your drink and that can be awkward to chew on.
Soda water - soda water adds a refreshing sparkle to your drink. Feel free to use a lemon-flavored soda water or substitute it for ginger beer.
Thyme - for garnish and a bit of herbal flavor.
Details
This is a simple cocktail to make, there’s nothing complicated about this. You don’t have to make any fancy syrups or do anything crazy.
You simply have to brew your tea with some honey. I like to use an electric kettle, because I’m a big tea drinker. This is a must in my kitchen.
Add ice to a glass and rim it with himalayan salt. I also used a few dried rose petals from the tea bag but you certainly don’t have to.
Pour your cooled tea into the glass with the ginger, lemon juice, and soda water. Give it a gentle stir.
Garnish with a lemon wedge and fresh thyme. That’s it!
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Rose Mocktail
Ingredients
- ½ cup strongly brewed rose or rose hibiscus tea blend
- 1 tsp honey
- 1 tsp himalayan salt
- 1 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
- ¼ tsp freshly grated ginger
- Soda water
- 2-3 sprigs thyme
Instructions
- Brew your tea with honey and set it aside to cool off.
- Get a stemless wine glass, or whatever glass you like, and rim ½ the edge with a lemon wedge, and dip the side of the glass into the himalayan salt.
- Fill the glass with ice and add the lemon juice, ginger, and cooled tea.
- Top with soda water.
- Garnish with a lemon wedge and thyme.
Notes
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