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

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This Blood Orange and Kombucha Mocktail 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.

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.

This Blood Orange and Kombucha Mocktail 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.

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!

This Blood Orange and Kombucha Mocktail 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.

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.

Blood Orange & Kombucha Mocktail

An alcohol-free cocktail recipe made with blood orange juice, kombucha, lemon juice, and sweet hibiscus syrup.
Print Recipe
Prep Time 3 mins
Course Drinks
Servings 1

Equipment

  • cocktail shaker

Ingredients
  

  • 1 oz blood orange juice
  • ½ oz lemon juice
  • ½ oz hibiscus syrup*
  • 2+ oz kombucha**

Instructions
 

  • 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.

Notes

*If you can’t find hibiscus syrup, this is a good option from Amazon.
**I used a blood orange, hibiscus, and rose kombucha but any berry, citrus, or ginger kombucha would work well.
Keyword blood orange, blood orange juice, hibiscus syrup, kombucha, lemon, lemon juice
This Blood Orange and Kombucha Mocktail 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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Blood Orange Tequila Fizz | An Easy 2 Ingredient Cocktail

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This Blood Orange Tequila Fizz is so easy, I feel silly making a recipe post about it. But then, again a blog post is probably the best way to spread good news quickly across the internet. I’m not lying when I say that it’s a 2 ingredient cocktail. Of course, you can jazz it up more and feel real fancy and proud of yourself. But when your kid wants to keep playing in the hot Texas sun well into the evening, sometimes you gotta grab something quick.

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But I need to be a little more forthcoming with you– this is only going to be 2 ingredients if you can find blood orange Italian soda. My beloved H-E-B has a store brand called Central Market and they make several Italian sodas. Some are seasonal and some are available year-round. These Italian sodas are my favorite ways to make quick and easy cocktails. This certainly won’t be the last cocktail recipe you see me making with one here on Girl & Tonic.

One of the easiest cocktails at home is Girl & Tonic's version of a Blood Orange Tequila Fizz. It's only 2 INGREDIENTS, people! Blood orange Italian soda is what makes this cocktail so easy. But if you can't find it, use the secondary recipe that utilizes blood orange juice.

A quick note about H-E-B for all you non-Texans out there. H-E-B is a Texas-based grocery store chain that is known for having great prices, amazing customer service, and being extremely involved in the community. I mean, H-E-B mobilized faster than the freakin’ American Red Cross during Hurricane Harvey. That’s right. Our local grocery store chain sent out relief trucks, set up mobile kitchens, and donated tens of thousands of dollars. The stories of how HEB rallied around the communities devastated by Harvey (when they lost over 80 stores themselves) STILL makes me tear up. I guess I’m a Texan through and through.

This Blood Orange Tequila Fizz is another easy 2 ingredient cocktail. It's made using blood orange Italian soda. But don't worry, if you can't find it, I have an alternate recipe utilizing fresh blood orange juice that's still really easy.

If you’re unlucky enough to live beyond H-E-B’s reach, like most of America and even some of Texas (sorry Mom & Dad), Sanpellegrino makes a blood orange Italian soda and so does Bai.

If you’re using a blood orange Italian soda, there’s no need to add syrup or any sweetener because the soda already has it. If you can’t find any blood orange Italian sodas, don’t worry– you can still make a Blood Orange Tequila Fizz. In place of the Italian soda, you can always use fresh blood orange juice.

To make this blood orange Italian soda cocktail without the blood orange Italian soda, you’ll need :

  • 2-3 oz. of freshly-squeezed blood orange juice
  • 1 oz of simple syrup
  • sparkling water of some sort– I would suggest using unsweetened mandarin sparkling water to boost the orange flav, but lime or lemon would work beautifully, too.

If you’re going the easy, 2 ingredient route and you find yourself with extra energy to spare after pouring & stirring the tequila and blood orange Italian soda together, you can add a squeeze of fresh orange juice if you have it or garnish with some basil or mint. There’s something about a garnished cocktail that just tastes better than a plain one.

Also garnishing my drink helps me remember that it’s a cocktail and not juice and should therefore not be chugged even though it tastes so dang good. A garnish is like a visual reminder to slow down & savor.

With Cinco de Mayo coming up in a few days, this easy cocktail is a great non-Margarita option. I do enjoy a good margarita, but sometimes I wanna feel a little nontraditional. You feel me?

So cheers to an easy 2 ingredient cocktail, cheers to it being May, and cheers to H-E-B–the world’s best grocery store.

This Blood Orange Tequila Fizz is another easy 2 ingredient cocktail. It's made using blood orange Italian soda. But don't worry, if you can't find it, I have an alternate recipe utilizing fresh blood orange juice that's still really easy.

The Ingredients for a Blood Orange Tequila Fizz

How to Make a Blood Orange Tequila Fizz

Add ice to a lowball (or highball!) glass. Pour in tequila. Pour in blood orange Italian soda. Stir. Garnish with an orange slice and basil as a visual reminder to slow down & savor.

This Blood Orange Tequila Fizz is another easy 2 ingredient cocktail. It's made using blood orange Italian soda. But don't worry, if you can't find it, I have an alternate recipe utilizing fresh blood orange juice that's still really easy.

Looking for another easy cocktail? Check out the Dark & Stormy, a Moscow Mule, or a Gimlet.