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Strawberry Orange Thyme Spritz

Sweet muddled strawberries and fresh orange juice meet a soft herbal thyme syrup under lively bubbles, finished with a cool cucumber ribbon.

Strawberry Orange Thyme Spritz

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sliced160 gStrawberriessliced
  • ½ cup (120 ml)120 gOrange juice
  • 1½ tbsp20 gLemon juice
  • 1 tsp2 gLemon zest
  • ¼ cup60 gWater
  • 1½ tbsp20 gGranulated sugar
  • ½ tsp0.5 gDried thyme
  • 1¼ cups (300 ml)300 gSparkling water (club soda)chilled
  • ⅓ cup sliced40 gCucumbershaved lengthwise into thin ribbons with a vegetable peeler

Steps

  1. Make the thyme syrup: in a small pot, bring the water, sugar, dried thyme and lemon zest to a simmer, stirring until the sugar dissolves, then take it off the heat and let it steep 5 minutes.
  2. Strain the thyme syrup through a fine sieve into a small bowl and chill it in the freezer for about 15 minutes, until cold.
  3. While the syrup chills, shave the cucumber into ribbons and keep them cold in the fridge.
  4. Divide the strawberries between two tall glasses, half in each, and muddle them until juicy and broken down.
  5. Pour half the chilled thyme syrup, half the orange juice and half the lemon juice into each glass and stir.
  6. Fill the glasses with ice, then top each glass with half the chilled sparkling water (club soda) and stir gently once.
  7. Thread a cucumber ribbon into each glass along the inside edge and serve right away.

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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