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Fruity summer cocktail: Wild Berry Spritz – this is how the drink is prepared
The Wild Berry Spritz tastes particularly fruity with fresh, seasonal berries
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Even if the outside temperatures are currently anything but warm, one thing is certain: summer is coming – and with it a popular trendy drink that provides a fruity, fresh way to cool off: the Wild Berry Spritz.
In contrast to the popular Wild Berry Lillet (or a Lillet Hot Berry, the winter alternative), the Wild Berry Spritz has a slightly milder taste because it contains less alcohol. Instead of Lillet Rosé, a 17 percent wine aperitif, the trendy drink is served with sparkling wine (approx. 11 percent) – this gives the summer cocktail its tangy note in combination with fresh, seasonal berries. But how is the Wild Berry Spritz prepared in detail? We’ll tell you the recipe and say: Cheers!
Wild Berry Spritz: How to prepare the drink
To prepare it, in addition to your favorite sparkling wine, you need a lemonade with a wild berry flavor – for example Thomas Henry or Schweppes. You also need some lime juice, either freshly squeezed or you buy an industrially produced product. And of course you can’t miss the fresh berries, which are available in (almost) every supermarket depending on the season. Alternatively, you can also use frozen fruit. Last but not least, there are a few ice cubes as well as mint leaves and lime slices to garnish. You can find out the exact quantities in the following list:
Ingredients for a drink:
- 50 ml sparkling wine
- 10 ml lime juice
- 200ml Wild Berry
- Fresh berries
- Mint leaves
- Ice cubes
- 1 lime
And this is how you prepare a Wild Berry Spritz:
- First, clean the lime under running water that is as hot as possible. Then halve the fruit and cut one half into thin slices. Squeeze the juice out of the other.
- Take a glass as large as possible (0.3 liters) and fill it with the ice cubes. Then pour the chilled sparkling wine and fresh lime juice over it.
- Now it’s the turn of the Wild Berry soft drink: fill the glass with it and add two lime slices.
- Last but not least, the fresh fruits are added to the drink, which is then garnished with mint leaves (not a must).
Bottom up!
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