Mixed Berry Sparkling Water

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This Mixed Berry Sparkling Water recipe is as delicious as it is vibrantly colorful! Made with fresh fruit, a splash of lime juice, and the sweetener and sparkling water of your choice, this beverage will quench your thirst on the warmest days of the year! {GF + VG}

Spiriteds, what do we do when a beverage is functional (read: thirst-quenching) AND beautiful (read: visually appetizing)? There’s only one thing we CAN do: run with it, like we will Mixed Berry Sparkling Water. Because I don’t care who you are, this drink is pretty AND refreshing.

Mixed Berry Sparkling Water is the kind of bevvie that will be ready and waiting as soon as spring warms up, stay with you through the dog days of summer, and be there during the warm bouts of autumn. It’s the sparkling water recipe that boasts a long shelf life because if one berry goes out of season, then the others come in to fill the void. From strawberries and raspberries to blackberries and blueberries, there are lots of ways to get enough fruit to make this work.

Also, if like me, you still can’t wrap your head around the fact that a strawberry isn’t technically a berry but a banana is, then you’re in good company. So, maybe to prevent confusion, I should just say “fruits that end in the word berry”? Or does that just create MORE confusion? Well, either way, we’re looking at non-berry berries, I guess. I’ve made that clear as mud, right?

Read Bananas are Berries. Raspberries are Not. by Ada McVean and Cassandra Lee of McGill University, if you’d like to “learn more”see” a little better!

Now gather some sweet fruits and get creating! Because it is just too tasty and too colorful and too everything to pass up!

Mixed Berry Sparkling Water ingredients

Here are the ingredients to make your own fruity sparkling water recipe! With this particular sparkling water recipe, there’s lots of variety, if you’re up for it. So play around with berry options and enjoy! 

• Fresh mixed berries. Here’s the thing: mix and match berries for whatever you can get your hands on, whatever is in season, or whatever sounds good. If you’ve got four cups of fruit to work with, then you should be set to go.
• Water and ice cubes. You’ll need water to simmer the fruit and ice cubes to chill the drink.
• Sweetener. My favorite go-to is agave nectar. However, liquid stevia, granulated stevia, and 100% pure honey are all worth trying. If you have a sweetener you like to use, then tell me about it in the comments!
• Fresh lime juice. Bottled will also work. Either way, I add lime juice about 1/2 tablespoon at a time until I have the flavor balance I want.
• Sparkling water. If you have mixed berry sparkling water then definitely give it a try. And if not, then go for lime sparkling water. Mix and match, as desired, to all kinds of flavor options.

How to make Mixed Berry Sparkling Water 

1. In a saucepan, bring water, fresh fruit, and sweetener to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about 5-10 minutes, or until the fruit softens and is easily mashed with a spoon or potato masher. Remove from heat to cool.
2. When the mixed fruit is cool enough to handle, press it through a mesh strainer into a bowl. Press down on the fruit using the rounded side of a spoon. This will extract as much of the liquid from the pulp as possible. Let the juice cool for a handful of minutes. Then add the lime juice, about 1/2 tablespoonful at a time, to the mixed fruit liquid, until you have the flavor balance you want. and continue to let cool.
3. Spoon 2 tablespoons to 1/4 cup mixed berry mixture into 8-ounce drinking glasses. Then top with ice cubes and pour sparkling water over the ice. Garnish with fresh fruit, slices of citrus fruit, or sprigs of rosemary.
4. For best results, do not mix the fruit mixture and sparkling water together until just prior to serving. Store leftover mixed berry juice in a glass jar for up to one week and then add it to a glass with ice, sparkling water, and garnishes when you’d like a refreshing sip.

Recipe best practices

This is a quick, refreshing recipe. But now that I’ve made several different versions of fruity sparkling water recipes, I have discovered ways to make them tick and tantalize our tastebuds. So let me share what I’ve learned so you can sip and savor your way through this gorgeous, delicious drink, too!

• Start out with a little bit of lime juice. It really depends on how sweet or tart the fruits are. So I start out with less (about 1/2 tablespoon), and then I more if the drink feels a little flat. And by flat I mean, the drink is still good, but it feels like something is missing. And if the flavor comes alive but then it tastes too citrusy, then I’ll add a dollop of sweetener to balance everything out.
• Let the fruity mixture cool. I cannot stress this enough: LET THE FRUITS COOL before sipping this deliciousness. When it’s warm, it’s well, warm. But also kinda meh and difficult to know whether it really tastes good. And your tastebuds don’t want that.
• Keep the cooked, sludgy fruit. Nothing says DELICIOUS FOOD BLOG quite like the words “sludgy fruit. But I’m telling you, go with me on this. Once you’ve simmered the fruit and pressed the juices out through the strainer, you’ll have what I can only describe as fruit sludge. And it is lovely. Unlike the fruity syrup, this stuff DOES taste good warm. So serve it with breakfast, eat it with a spoon; and if you run out of time, then, yes, refrigerate it for later savoring.

More sparkling water recipes

Quench your thirst with these refreshing, fruity, sparkling water recipes!!!

• Blueberry Lime Sparkling Water
• Blackberry Lemon Sparkling Water
• Strawberry Lime Sparkling Water
• Raspberry Lime Sparkling Water

Spiriteds, stay well and stay wild. I’m glad you’re here! 🩷

Mixed Berry Sparkling Water

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This Mixed Berry Sparkling Water recipe is as delicious as it is vibrantly colorful! Made with fresh fruit, a splash of lime juice, and the sweetener and sparkling water of your choice, this beverage will quench your thirst on the warmest days of the year! {GF + VG}

• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 10 minutes
• Total Time: 5 mins
• Yield: 1 3/4 cup 1x
• Category: Beverages (Non-Alcoholic)
• Method: Stovetop
• Diet: Gluten Free

Ingredients

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• 2/3 cup water
• 4 cups fresh fruit (See Notes)
• 2–3 tablespoons sweetener (See Notes)
• Juice of one lime
• Ice cubes
• Lime or mixed berry sparking water

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Instructions

1. In a saucepan, bring water, fresh fruit, and sweetener to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about 5-10 minutes, or until the fruit softens and is easily mashed with a spoon or potato masher. Remove from heat to cool. 
2. When the mixed fruit mixture is cool enough to handle, press it through a mesh strainer into a bowl. Press down on the fruit using the rounded side of a spoon. This will extract as much of the liquid from the pulp as possible. Let the juice cool for a handful of minutes. Then add the lime juice, about 1/2 tablespoonful at a time, to the mixed fruit liquid, until you have the flavor balance you want. Continue to let the mixture cool, if necessary.
3. Spoon 2 tablespoons to 1/4 cup mixed berry mixture into 8-ounce drinking glasses. Then top with ice cubes and pour sparkling water over the ice. Garnish with fresh fruit or sprigs of rosemary.
4. For best results, do not mix the fruit mixture and sparkling water together until just prior to serving. Store leftover mixed berry juice in a glass jar for up to one week and then add it to a glass with ice, sparkling water, and garnishes when you’d like a refreshing sip.  

Notes

• I like to use one cup EACH strawberries (halved), blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries.
• Agave nectar or 100% pure honey will work in this recipe. You can also try a few drops of liquid stevia, if you’d like. 
• Add the juice of one lime about 1/2 tablespoon at a time until you get the citrusy sing your tastebuds are looking for!
• Any sparkling water is worth a try! I like to use lime sparkling water and mixed berry sparkling water for this recipe.
• Yields will vary. But on average, this recipe will produce about 1 3/4 cup mixed berry juice. If you add 1/4 cup mixture to each drinking glass, you’ll end up with about 7 servings per batch.