Serves 2
This low-sugar drink sips nicely on a hot summer day. Cool mint and cucumber balance the spice, and the ginger and red chile in Zia Ginger Ale add the zing.
Zia Beverage, a Native-owned business based in Taos, sells several sodas containing ingredients that celebrate New Mexico, including piñon, prickly pear, yucca root, red chile, and more. All their soda flavors taste great on their own, and they can be lovely additions to your mocktail and cocktail bars.
Zia Ginger Ale Mocktail
Servings: 2 mocktails
Ingredients
- 2 inches grated ginger
- 2 inches grated cucumber (including the skin)
- 1 lime, juiced
- 12 mint leaves
- 1 bottle Zia Ginger Ale*
- 1/2 cup sparkling water
- 2 cucumber slices, for garnish
- Mint sprigs, for garnish
Instructions
- Muddle ginger, cucumber, and lime in a bowl. Strain the mixture into a measuring cup using a small-grid strainer. Use the back of a spoon to extract all the juice.
- Clap the mint leaves together in your hands 3 or 4 times to release the oils, then divide them between two glasses. Divide the ginger, cucumber, and lime juice into the two glasses. Add ice and top each glass with half the ginger ale and sparkling water. Garnish each with a cucumber slice and mint sprig.
*Sourcing note: La Montañita Co-op carries several flavors of Zia Beverage sodas at all their locations.
