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BitterHerbalLow sugar

Grapefruit Rosemary Soda

Bitter, herbal and barely sweet — for people who don't want a sweet drink at all.

Prep
4 min
Serves
1
Glass
Highball
Difficulty
Easy

Ingredients

  • 3 oz fresh grapefruit juice
  • 0.25 oz rosemary syrup
  • 4 oz soda water
  • 3 drops saline solution or a pinch of salt
  • Rosemary sprig and grapefruit wheel, to garnish

Method

  1. 1Fill a highball glass with ice.
  2. 2Add the grapefruit juice, rosemary syrup and salt, and stir.
  3. 3Top with soda water.
  4. 4Slap a rosemary sprig against your palm and add it with a grapefruit wheel.

Notes

  • The salt is doing the heavy lifting — it turns grapefruit's bitterness from harsh into pleasant.
  • Pink grapefruit is sweeter and more forgiving than white.
  • This is the best drink here to hand someone who says they hate mocktails.

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