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Kombucha Ginger Honeybee Cocktail

May 15, 2018 by Elizabeth Leave a Comment

My Kombucha-loving sister came to town this weekend, and per the usual, we drink kombucha and watch the weirdest movies on Netflix. It’s tradition! To celebrate her sunny personality, her hatred for plastic water bottles and love for white pizza, I have created a cocktail that perfectly describes her. We both love Kombucha, and lately I’ve been too lazy to try making a shrub, but I wanted something vinegary and tart in my cocktails. So why not just use Kombucha?

Normally, I drink Kombucha as an alcohol substitute. It’s perfectly fizzy and something special to drink on nights when I’m craving a cocktail. But it’s also great for mixing into a drink! It’s naturally fermented and carbonated, and it comes in all kinds of flavors. My personal favorites are usually cayenne or ginger, so I’ve come up with a gingery version of a honeybee! Complete with rosemary, ginger kombucha, lemon, and honey. It’s the perfect summery drink. And you could even make pitchers of it, if you’re feeling adventurous.

Here’s how to make it. My recipe makes two drinks at once, so halve it if you’re just making one cocktail.

I started with a cocktail shaker and poured in my lemon, rosemary leaves and tequila. You can use vodka or tequila–both are excellent. Then muddle the leaves with a muddler or a wooden spoon. Add the honey, and stir in well with a spoon. I did all of this without ice, because honey tends to seize when it gets cold, and it won’t mix in as well.

Then get two short tumblers, fill it with ice. Pour half of the mixture in each tumbler. Then top each off with ginger kombucha. I used Brew Dr. Lemon Cayenne Ginger, or I also love GT’s Gingerade. Both are excellent. Then give it a quick stir and garnish with a pretty rosemary sprig.

Voila! What’s your favorite cocktail? Do you like using a shrub? Have you ever tried a kombucha cocktail? See the full recipe below and let me know what you think!

Kombucha Ginger Honeybee Cocktail

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Prep time

5 mins

Total time

5 mins

Author: Tastemaker Blog

Recipe type: Drinks

Serves: 2

Ingredients

½ ounce honey
1 oz lemon juice (about one lemon)
leaves from a small rosemary sprig
3 ounces of tequila or vodka
1 jar ginger kombucha (any brand)
2 sprigs of rosemary for garnish

Instructions

In a cocktail shaker or a glass with a strainer, add the lemon, rosemary leaves, tequila or vodka, and muddle together, crushing the leaves. Add the honey and stir together. Fill a short tumbler with ice and strain the lemon mixture into the glass. Top with ginger kombucha until glass is almost full. Add the rosemary sprig to garnish.

My Favorite Grapefruit Margarita

March 8, 2018 by Elizabeth Leave a Comment

When in Florida, make margaritas. That’s my mantra. This recipe was made famous when visiting my in-laws in Florida, who are definitely my biggest fans. We could probably singlehandedly cause a lime shortage on our visits with the amount of margaritas we make. But this recipe is a bit easier. You can buy fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice at the grocery and save your hands and some limes. Only one lime per drink is required for this recipe.

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Spicy Pomegranate Mule

January 23, 2017 by Elizabeth 1 Comment

When I was a kid, my health freak mom used to take me to the health food store, “Rainbow Blossom,” to grocery shop, and I always remember getting to have an Orange Dream soda from Blue Sky. I loved those things! That’s a great way to bribe your kids into going to the grocery store with you. Note to future self. To this day, I remember the smell of that store, and seeing all the old hippie ladies with their short white hair dangling crystals over things. My childhood was… interesting. I didn’t eat things like fruit roll-ups, I had fruit leather, which I’m still obsessed with. I complained to no end about not getting to have bologna or McDonalds or white bread, but in the end, I’m grateful that I was taught to eat healthy. Not that orange dream soda is “healthy,” but it reminded me of learning to eat healthy foods. So when I saw the Blue Sky Ginger Ale at Publix, I had to have it. It’s made with pure cane sugar, and it’s incredible. I should get a sponsorship for this, haha.

This drink recipe uses the Blue Sky Ginger Ale, which is superior to all other ginger ale. It’s just the right amount of spicy and it’s not too sweet. Sam and I went to a bar the other night to meet up with friends and had a spicy tequila ginger drink that will knock your socks off! So of course, I had to try and replicate it. I got pretty dang close!

My cute drink shaker and coasters were both gifts! You can find them at Anthropologie.

If you don’t have pomegranate liqueur, you could use another flavor. Or a splash of pomegranate juice would be tasty, too.

SPICY POMEGRANATE MULE RECIPE

Ingredients for one drink.

2 ounces of tequila

a splash of pomegranate liqueur

a pinch of cayenne pepper (to taste)

juice of half a lime

ice

salt and cayenne for the rim

lime slice for garnish

Directions:

On a small plate, add a little cayenne and salt (or just salt). Rub a lime slice around the edge of a tall glass. Place the glass upside down in the cayenne salt mixture, coating the rim. Using a drink shaker, fill with ice, tequila, cayenne, lime juice and pomegranate liqueur. Shake. Pour into your glass. Top with ginger ale. Enjoy!