Healthy Grapefruit Mocktail (Shrub)

Enjoy a sophisticated sip with benefits in my healthy grapefruit mocktail recipe! Even better, you only need five minutes and a few ingredients to make it.

And if you enjoy this recipe, you'll love my ginger ale mocktail or sparkling hibiscus mocktail!

What is a shrub drink?

Shrubs are vintage beverages typically made with vinegar, fruit, herbs, and sugar. The American shrub cocktail has roots in England where it was served with different kinds of alcohol.

This centuries-old sip is also known as drinking vinegar and believed to have medicinal qualities.

Functional Health Benefits - This sparkling drink recipe combines all the classic components of a shrub to support healthy digestion, blood sugar balance, and even immunity--kind of like a grapefruit kombucha mocktail!

Quick & Easy - No fancy techniques or tools required.

Refreshing - The flavor profile of this nonalcoholic grapefruit drink is a little sweet, a little sour, and very refreshing with a bit of muddled mint and bubbly water.

Tasty and unique mocktail recipes are kind of my thing so get all the way into my sparkling mint mocktail, grapefruit pomegranate mocktail, and strawberry mojito mocktail!

Grapefruit Juice provides tart fruity flavor--and you can use white, ruby red or pink grapefruit interchangeably. I highly recommend fresh grapefruit juice but bottled can work in a pinch.

Honey Ginger Syrup adds sweetness and the benefits of ginger and honey and since it's a syrup and not regular honey, it mixes easily into this cold drink.

Sparkling Water of any kind will work, including Topo chico or club soda.

Sweetener - Switch up the sweetener in your grapefruit honey mocktail with my turmeric ginger honey, maple syrup, coconut sugar, or even date honey to make it vegan!

Citrus - I make this mocktail with grapefruit juice but you can try other citrus fruits like blood orange, Meyer lemon or whatever you want.

Sea Salt - For proper mock-tail vibes and an optional boost of electrolytes, add a salt rim to your glass.

I make this drink very much like my coconut electrolyte mocktail. Get into the steps next!

How to Make a Grapefruit Shrub Mocktail

Step One: Run a piece of grapefruit along the side of the glass then dip in sea salt to create a garnish.

Step Two: Muddle the mint and honey syrup.

Pro Tip #1: If you don't have a muddler to press the mint with, grab a (preferably wooden) kitchen spoon and use the end of the handle!

Step Three: Add ice then pour in apple cider vinegar, grapefruit juice, and sparkling water.

Step Four: Stir the drink to combine for a consistent sip from start to finish!

Pro Tip #2: Use a gentle hand when stirring the drink to avoid damaging the glass, splashing the liquid out, and/or knocking the salt garnish off.