Bursting fresh cranberries with refreshing mint and lime infused in sparkling water. Simple to make and delicious, this cranberry mint lime sparkling water is perfect for the winter holidays.
I feel that at holiday gatherings, or any social gatherings, beverages play an important part. We might not think it does, but really, it does.
Because it’s always the drinks that we reach for first and often refill.
I’m not much of a consumer of alcohol. I don’t know how to appreciate wine, even though I wish I did. I love cocktails, as long as the taste of alcohol is at a minimum. But even with the minimal amount of alcohol, like a few sips, my cheeks turn bright red. Not something I want when I’m trying to enjoy my mimosa with my weekend brunch.
For those of you who feel the same way, or want a nonalcoholic drink, I’ve got the perfect holiday beverage for you.
Bursting cranberries, fresh mint, tart lime, and sparkling water. Doesn’t that sound like the perfect holiday bubbly?
So simple to make too.
Place water, sugar, fresh cranberries, and mint into a small pot to simmer until the cranberries burst. Allow the mixture to cool, then place a few spoonfuls into your sparkling water or club soda. Garnish with cranberries and mint. Then add crushed ice.
That’s it! Simple, right? And looks impressive too!
You can find the recipe for this holiday beverage over at Ask Anna, where I’m contributing this month.
Enjoy!
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Yum these look delicious and will be so refreshing for our hot Australian summer 🙂
Hope you’ll like it, Janelle!
Awesome drink ideas. Looks so refreshing & I like the alcohol free concept. I usually get sluggish after cocktails.
Thank you!
As someone who drinks maybe once a year, this sounds absolutely lovely. Besides loving both cranberries and lime, I could really use something to drink besides water, the very occasional soda, or tea. Thanks!!!
You’re welcome! Hope you’ll like it!
Andrea this sounds delicious. In Australia our Christmas is usually a sweltering hot day. Your drink would be perfect….with perhaps a dash of Vodka!? x
Thanks, Anna! Hope you’ll like it! And a little bit of alcohol would be perfect too!
As I can’t drink wine anymore I’ve started splashing my sparkling mineral water with cranberry juice for the red color…. didn’t think about putting in whole cranberries…. love the idea… and the mint leaves make it look very festive.
I hope you’ll like it!
I’d try it!
Hope you’ll like it!
Yum!! This looks so refreshing and is perfect for the holidays 🙂
Thanks, Justine!
Love the mix of red and green – very festive! On a side note, Andrea, I know that you are also on bloglovin. I have a question, if that’s okay? How do you get your photos to appear with the summary text that gets sent with emails? Mine do not show? Thanks
I’m soo sorry it took me so long to reply to you! I’ve been swamped these last few weeks and just couldn’t find time to reply to comments until now. So when you’re writing new posts, there’s a tool bar at the top. Right next to the icons for links, there’s an icon that looks like two dotted lines with one solid line in the middle. It’s called the “read more” tag, I think. Click that icon and it’ll create a break line. You can place it wherever you want the snippet of your post to stop. Hope that helps!
Looks amazing!!
Thanks!
This looks so good and probably is good for you too!