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Ginger Lime Green Tea Grapefruit Spritzer

A tart, gently bitter grapefruit and green tea spritz warmed with fresh ginger syrup, bright with lime and cooled with mint.

Ginger Lime Green Tea Grapefruit Spritzer

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (240 ml)240 gBrewed green teabrewed and chilled
  • ¾ cup sections200 gGrapefruitsegmented
  • ¾ cup (180 ml)200 gSparkling water (club soda)chilled
  • ⅓ cup80 gWater
  • 3½ tbsp grated20 gFresh gingerthinly sliced
  • 1 tbsp25 gHoney
  • 2 tbsp30 gLime juice
  • 2⅛ tsp chopped4 gFresh mintleaves picked

Steps

  1. Brew the green tea ahead and chill it in the fridge.
  2. In a small pot, bring the water and the ginger to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes.
  3. Take the pot off the heat, stir in the honey until dissolved, then let the ginger syrup cool for about 20 minutes and strain out the ginger.
  4. Squeeze the grapefruit segments through a sieve into a pitcher to get the juice, pressing the pulp.
  5. Add the chilled green tea, the cooled ginger syrup and the lime juice to the pitcher and stir.
  6. Lightly clap half of the mint leaves between your palms and divide them between two glasses, then fill the glasses with ice.
  7. Pour the grapefruit tea mixture over the ice, dividing it evenly between the glasses.
  8. Top each glass with half of the chilled sparkling water (club soda) and stir gently once.
  9. Garnish each glass with the remaining half of the mint leaves 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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