The summer season is all about two things: love and parties. The summer wedding, of course, encompasses both into one big, romantic event with a signature beverage to boot.
As wedding planners polish off their menu plans for the summer season, many healthy, organic drinks are starting to top of the list. Coincidentally, we've also been focusing on healthy alternatives to the traditional summer drink. A couple weeks back we raved about our favorite sugar free ginger mint lemonade. Before that, Emily Murphy of Pass the Pistil shared her Ultimate Garden Fresh Mojito recipe with us (it’s to die for, by the way).
Today we’re continuing the theme by tackling a short list of organic drinks that will bring your summer wedding to the next level. If you're not among the betrothed, treat yourself to one of these organic beverages anyway! That's what patios are for, afterall.
Each of these healthy drinks are light and refreshing with a unique organic twist. That means they’re sustainably made and environmentally friendly — plus they’re low in sugar and therefore much less likely to cause a hangover (but just in case, here are some vegan breakfast ideas that will cure just about any ailment).
PINK GRAPEFRUIT SPARKLER
3 oz Pink Grapefruit Sparkling ICE
2 oz. SquareOne Organic Vodka
1oz Fruitlab Organic Orange Liquor
½ oz lemon juice
Combine all ingredients in a tall glass filled with ice and stir.
4 COPAS ORGANIC MARGARITA
2 oz 4 Copas Organic Blanco Tequila
1.5 oz organic lime juice
1 oz organic 4 Copas Blue Agave Nectar
Splash of club soda
Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Fill glass with ice. Strain the mixture into the glass, garnish with lime and serve.
WATERMELON MARTINI
1 ½ oz Crop Organic Cucumber Vodka
3 oz watermelon juice
½ oz lime juice
Combine all ingredients in a shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a martini glass and garnish with a watermelon slice.
FARMER'S TOM COLLINS
2 oz Farmer’s Botanical Organic Gin
1 oz fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 tsp organic superfine sugar
3 oz club soda
In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, shake the gin, lemon juice and organic sugar. Strain into a glass full of ice. Stir in the club soda and garnish with an orange slice and a maraschino cherry.
SCARLETT O'HARA
2.5 oz Montanya Platino Rum
1 tsp organic blueberry juice
1/2 fresh lime, juiced
1/4 oz simple syrup
Shake and strain. Top with Champagne or Prosecco.
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