Hibiscus Spritzer, A Refreshing Non-Alcoholic Cocktail
This drink is a non-alcoholic cocktail that is perfect for hot summer days. The flavor is light and sweet, and topping it off with Topo Chico makes it extra refreshing. You will find yourself adding this Hibiscus Spritzer to your regular rotation.
Join me in celebrating Juneteenth with more than 30 other Black culinary creators. Juneteenth marks our country’s second independence day, signifying the final emancipation of those enslaved in the US announced in 1865. This year, we are celebrating “Freedom Day” by offering a delightful selection of mains, sides, desserts, and refreshing drinks that are perfect for backyard barbecues and summer gatherings with friends and family. Join us in honoring the legacy of progress and freedom by cooking and sharing these recipes. Additionally, you can easily follow each participant by using the hashtag #JuneteenthCookout2023 on Instagram.
You can find a list of all recipes from the 2023 Juneteenth Virtual Potluck on the Eat the Culture website.
I am celebrating Juneteenth and the first week of summer with a refreshing, red cocktail. For the past few years, I have celebrated Juneteenth by highlighting local events, restaurants, chefs, and recipes. This year I am sharing my recipe for a Hibiscus Spritzer. This non-alcoholic cocktail is fruity, refreshing, and very versatile. The Hibiscus Spritzer can be the star of the cookout, a thirst quencher after working out in the garden, or a mixer for an alcoholic cocktail. For a supply of new recipes to try at your next cookout, try some of the recipes below from this year’s Juneteenth Virtual Potluck:
Bad & Boujee Juneteenth Recipes (Southern Decadence)
These dishes offer a luxurious twist on traditional cookout recipes. Gourmet options, including Beef Ribs with Blackberry Whiskey BBQ Sauce, Margarita Infused Watermelon, and Blood Orange, Beetroot, Walnut, Feta Salad with Orange Vinaigrette, ensure a lavish and indulgent culinary experience for all who gather around your Juneteenth table.
- Dash of Jazz – Deviled Egg Dip
- Sense and Edibility® – Guava BBQ Party Meatballs
- Gimme From Scratch – Blood Orange, Pickled Beets & Feta Salad
- Her Mise En Place – Smoked Macaroni and Cheese
- Flights and Foods – Hibiscus Spritzer
- Dash of Jazz – Margarita Infused Watermelon
- Kenneth Temple – Sweet Potato Cheesecake with Butter Pecan Sauce
You can find a list of all recipes from the 2023 Juneteenth Virtual Cookout on the Eat the Culture website.
What is Hibiscus?
Hibiscus is a flower. There are a wide variety of hibiscus flowers. The hibiscus flower used in this recipe is known as Roselle Hibiscus. I first became aware of Roselle Hibiscus through Sorrel. Many Caribbean restaurants in the US sell sorrel, a sweet, gingery drink. Though my experience with Roselle Hibiscus is through Caribbean restaurants, it is known by many names in many countries. You may know Roselle Hibiscus as sorrel, bissap, or Florida cranberry. Roselle Hibiscus can be used in cooking, syrups, or teas.
What Ingredients Do I need?
For this recipe, you will need Roselle Hibiscus in the form of hibiscus tea. The hibiscus tea is easily made by following the instructions unique to your brand of hibiscus tea. I used the Angel Brand which I found at my local Caribbean market. You will also need pineapple juice, orange juice, cherry juice, simple syrup, Topo Chico, and ice. I purchased the pineapple juice used in this recipe at my local grocery store. For the orange juice, I juiced two navel oranges. Maraschino cherries can often be found in the canned fruit aisle of your grocery store. Using the juice from the maraschino cherries adds a nice punch of cherry flavor. Simple syrup is simply granulated sugar and water. You can make your own simple syrup, or purchase simple syrup from your grocery store, usually found on the cocktail mixes aisle. Topo Chico is a mineral water that adds a light bubbly taste which makes the Hibiscus cocktail a Spritzer.
What Can I Substitute?
At the grocery store, I can usually find Hibiscus mixed with a variety of tea flavors. For pure Hibiscus tea, I like to purchase it online, or at my local Caribbean or International markets. If you are not able to find Hibiscus tea I would go with your favorite flavored tea like a Rooibos, Cranberry, or Red Zinger. If pineapples are in season feel free to squeeze your pineapple juice. Pineapples may be found year-round, however, they tend to be sweetest when in season.
Instead of fresh squeezed orange juice, you may purchase orange juice, however, take note of the sweetness of your chosen brand of orange juice, as it will often taste sweetener than fresh squeezed. In this instance, you may want to eliminate the simple syrup. I am not a fan of seltzer water, but if you are using this to replace Topo Chico if you have it handy or are not able to find Topo Chico in your local stores. Club soda would work as well.
If you would like to turn your Hibiscus Spritzer into an alcoholic beverage, try topping it with Prosecco Rose instead of Topo Chico. Keeping the recipe the same, with a dark rum is still a sweet, refreshing drink. Alternate your favorite sparkling wines and spirits to find the perfect one for your palate.
What Equipment Do I Need?
Not much is needed for this easy cocktail. You will need a tea kettle or pot to make your hibiscus tea. To mix the cocktail, you can use a bartender kit if you have one available (a shaker, a jigger, and a strainer). If you do not have a bartender kit, no worries, a large glass, liquid measuring cup, and a spoon will work fine. Straining the mix over ice is recommended, however, if you don’t mind orange juice pulp, a strainer may not be necessary.
I plan to keep this Hibiscus Spritzer in the rotation this summer. Let me know in the comments if you plan to give the Hibiscus Spritzer a try, and how you made it perfect for your palate.
Hibiscus Spritzer
Ingredients
Method
- Boil 1 cup of water for your hibiscus tea. Then make the tea according to the instructions on the packaging.
- Set your tea aside to cool for about 10 minutes.
- Then chill your tea in the fridge for 20-30 minutes.
- When you are ready to assemble your spritzer, grab a shaker and a jigger (or your favorite 12-16 ounce glass, a liquid measuring cup, and a spoon for stirring).
- Measure 2 ounces of pineapple juice and pour it into your shaker.
- Measure 2 ounces of freshly squeezed orange juice and then pour it into your shaker.
- Measure 1 ½ ounces of Maraschino Cherry juice and pour it into your shaker.
- Measure 1 ounce of simple syrup and pour it into your shaker.
- Grab your tea from the fridge and measure 4 ounces of hibiscus tea and pour it into your shaker.
- Add ice to your shaker, put the top on, and shake vigorously until your hand is cold.
- Fill a glass with ice and strain in your hibiscus drink.
- Top your drink with 1-2 ounces of Topo Chico, give a light stir, and enjoy!
Notes
- Make sure to let your Hibiscus tea cool sufficiently after brewing before assembling your cocktail
- Note the sweetness of each of your ingredients and add more tea to reduce the sweetness per your palate.
- The Hibiscus Spritz may be made ahead by assembling all of the ingredients except the Topo Chico and Ice, adding those items only when ready to drink.
Discover more from Flights and Foods
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
4,777 Comments
Honey Trick
Most of the things you claim happens to be astonishingly accurate and that makes me ponder the reason why I hadn’t looked at this in this light before. This piece truly did turn the light on for me personally as far as this topic goes. However there is one point I am not necessarily too comfy with so while I make an effort to reconcile that with the actual central theme of the position, permit me see exactly what the rest of your subscribers have to say.Well done.
demo slot online
I do accept as true with all the ideas you have introduced to your post. They’re really convincing and will definitely work. Nonetheless, the posts are too quick for beginners. May just you please prolong them a bit from next time? Thanks for the post.
wede57pro daftar
I reckon something really interesting about your site so I saved to favorites.
wede57pro
Some genuinely wonderful content on this site, thankyou for contribution.
Honey Ritual
I?¦ve been exploring for a bit for any high quality articles or weblog posts on this kind of space . Exploring in Yahoo I at last stumbled upon this site. Reading this info So i am happy to exhibit that I have a very good uncanny feeling I came upon exactly what I needed. I so much without a doubt will make sure to do not omit this site and provides it a look regularly.
demo slot online
My partner and I absolutely love your blog and find a lot of your post’s to be precisely what I’m looking for. Does one offer guest writers to write content for yourself? I wouldn’t mind producing a post or elaborating on many of the subjects you write with regards to here. Again, awesome blog!
Honey Ritual
In the great pattern of things you get a B+ for effort and hard work. Where you actually misplaced me ended up being in your particulars. As people say, details make or break the argument.. And that couldn’t be much more true at this point. Having said that, allow me tell you just what did do the job. Your article (parts of it) is certainly pretty convincing which is possibly why I am taking an effort in order to opine. I do not really make it a regular habit of doing that. Next, although I can easily see the leaps in logic you come up with, I am not really certain of how you appear to unite your ideas that make your final result. For right now I will yield to your point however wish in the near future you actually link the facts much better.
News from the Overtime
A good satirical piece is the mirror reflecting our collective foolishness back for educational purposes. — Alan @ Bohiney.com
hair transplant turkey
Thanks for your publication. One other thing is the fact individual American states have their own laws of which affect homeowners, which makes it quite difficult for the our elected representatives to come up with the latest set of rules concerning foreclosures on homeowners. The problem is that each state offers own laws and regulations which may work in a negative manner in terms of foreclosure insurance policies.
slot maxwin online
Your place is valueble for me. Thanks!…
jewe43 slot
You have brought up a very excellent points, regards for the post.
hair transplant turkey
naturally like your web-site however you need to take a look at the spelling on several of your posts. A number of them are rife with spelling problems and I find it very troublesome to tell the reality however I will definitely come back again.
Honey Trick
I precisely needed to thank you so much yet again. I am not sure the things I could possibly have taken care of in the absence of the hints provided by you regarding such a industry. It was a real frightful condition in my view, however , witnessing a new skilled approach you resolved that made me to leap for delight. Now i’m grateful for this service as well as have high hopes you comprehend what a great job you were undertaking educating the others with the aid of your site. Most probably you’ve never met all of us.
hair transplant istanbul
I used to be suggested this website by my cousin. I am now not sure whether or not this publish is written by means of him as no one else recognise such special about my problem. You are wonderful! Thanks!
News from the Species Discovery
Satirical writing is the public service of reminding the powerful they work for us. — Alan @ Bohiney.com
jewe43
I as well as my friends happened to be looking through the nice tips and tricks located on your web page and all of a sudden got a horrible suspicion I never thanked you for those secrets. All of the guys happened to be stimulated to read them and already have surely been using those things. We appreciate you indeed being simply thoughtful as well as for making a choice on variety of essential things most people are really desirous to know about. My honest regret for not saying thanks to earlier.
pelatihan bisnis
My spouse and I absolutely love your blog and find nearly all of your post’s to be what precisely I’m looking for. Does one offer guest writers to write content in your case? I wouldn’t mind creating a post or elaborating on most of the subjects you write with regards to here. Again, awesome site!
daftar slot online
I was suggested this web site by my cousin. I am not sure whether this post is written by him as nobody else know such detailed about my difficulty. You’re incredible! Thanks!
giftcardmall/mygift
As I site possessor I believe the content material here is rattling wonderful , appreciate it for your hard work. You should keep it up forever! Good Luck.
giftcardmall/mygift
Hey there, I think your website might be having browser compatibility issues. When I look at your website in Chrome, it looks fine but when opening in Internet Explorer, it has some overlapping. I just wanted to give you a quick heads up! Other then that, awesome blog!