Blood Orange and Kombucha Mocktail Recipe | A Healthy Alcohol-Free Drink That’s Full of Flavor

This Blood Orange and Kombucha Mocktail recipe is a delicious mocktail recipe that packs a lot of flavor and health benefits. If alcohol-free cocktails aren’t your thing, easily make this boozy by adding tequila, vodka, gin, or white rum.

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I mentioned in this month’s Booze News newsletter that I’m participating in Dry January. For those of you who didn’t read it and don’t know what Dry January is, I’ll explain.

Dry January started as a public health campaign in Europe several years back. Its purpose was to urge people to forgo alcohol consumption for a month. Now, people choose to participate in Dry January for a variety of reasons. Some do it as a way to detox from excessive drinking over the holidays, some do it to save money, some do it to jumpstart their health goals for the year. I’m participating for a few reasons but one of them is to challenge my creativity. Coming up with fun (i.e. not bland or basic) mocktail recipes is hard! I’ve been wanting to create more mocktail recipe options that my non-imbibing friends can enjoy. 

Unfortunately, a lot of mocktail recipes can be a little dull. It can be difficult to create recipes that pack a punch without the robust flavor of a spirit. That’s why I love using kombucha in mocktails. Kombucha definitely provides some zing and while drinking it alone is perhaps more of an acquired taste, I feel confident to say that more people would easily enjoy it mixed into a mocktail recipe.

For this particular kombucha mocktail recipe, I used a hibiscus, blood orange, and rose kombucha. I actually went to the store to grab my trusty ginger-flavored kombucha but when I saw one that already had blood orange and hibiscus in it, I knew I had to give it a go. And wow. It is SO good. It’s definitely my new favorite kombucha flavor. It’s amazing on its own but it really sings in this mocktail recipe.

Blood oranges are in season right now, but if you can’t find any at your store, you might be able to find cold-pressed or pasteurized blood orange juice. I used cold-pressed blood orange juice since my grocery store still doesn’t have any blood oranges in stock. But, they did have Cara Cara oranges which are pink on the inside so I used one of those as a garnish.

If you’re looking for more mocktail recipe ideas, you can browse the mocktail category on my site. My last post can easily be turned into a mocktail recipe and I’ve got a few other alcohol-free recipes that are delicious– like the Mother’s Garden and the Grapefruit Rosemary Spritzer. Several others can easily be made to be mocktail recipes by leaving out the alcohol.

If you make this Blood Orange and Kombucha Mocktail, be sure to tag me on Instagram and comment below! Seeing you create and even come up with different versions of my recipes makes my day!

Ingredients for a Blood Orange and Kombucha Mocktail Recipe

• 1 oz blood orange juice
• 1/2 oz hibiscus syrup (check out this hibiscus & rose syrup)
• 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
• 2 + oz kombucha*

*I used a blood orange, hibiscus, and rose kombucha, but any citrus, berry, or ginger flavor would also work well.

How to Make A Blood Orange and Kombucha Mocktail Recipe

Add the blood orange juice, lemon juice, and hibiscus syrup to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well. Strain into a lowball glass filled with ice. Top off the rest of the glass with the kombucha. Garnish with a slice of blood orange.