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Cucumber Mint Green Tea Grapefruit Fizz

A crisp, lightly bitter-sweet sparkler with cool cucumber, fresh mint, chilled green tea and tart grapefruit under a lively fizz.

Cucumber Mint Green Tea Grapefruit Fizz

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (240 ml)240 gBrewed green teafreshly brewed, hot
  • 1 tbsp25 gHoney
  • 1½ tbsp chopped8 gFresh mintleaves picked, divided
  • 1¾ cups sliced180 gCucumberthinly sliced, divided
  • ½ grapefruit120 gGrapefruitsegments, plus 2 small wedges for garnish
  • ½ lime, juiced20 gLime juice
  • ¾ cup (180 ml)200 gSparkling water (club soda)chilled

Steps

  1. Brew the green tea and pour it hot into a small pot off the heat.
  2. Stir the honey into the hot green tea until dissolved, then add half of the mint leaves and steep 5 minutes.
  3. Strain out the mint, then chill the honeyed tea in the fridge about 30 minutes until cold.
  4. Set aside 2 grapefruit wedges and 4 cucumber slices for garnish.
  5. In a pitcher, muddle the remaining cucumber with the grapefruit segments and the remaining half of the mint until juicy.
  6. Stir the lime juice and the chilled honeyed tea into the muddled cucumber mixture, then strain into 2 glasses over ice.
  7. Top each glass with half of the chilled sparkling water (club soda) and stir gently.
  8. Garnish each glass with 2 reserved cucumber slices and a reserved grapefruit wedge on the rim, and serve cold.

Allergens: none of the nine major allergens in the ingredients as written.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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