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Blackberries, lemon, honey, mint, ice, and sparkling water turn into a cold purple fizz that feels fresh, rustic, and celebration-ready. 🍹

Ingredients

• Blackberry base 🫐
• 🫐 300 g fresh or frozen blackberries (2 cups / 10.6 oz)
• 🍯 45 g honey (2 tbsp / 1.6 oz)
• 🍋 45 ml lemon juice (3 tbsp / 1.5 fl oz)
• 🍋 5 g lemon zest (1 tbsp / 0.17 oz)
• 🌿 18 fresh mint leaves
• 🧂 1 tiny pinch fine sea salt
• To finish ✨
• 🧊 300 g ice cubes (2½ cups / 10.6 oz)
• 💧 650 ml chilled sparkling water (2¾ cups / 22 fl oz)
• 🍋 1 lemon, sliced thin
• 🫐 80 g extra blackberries for serving (½ cup / 2.8 oz)
• 🌿 4 mint sprigs

Preparation

• Crush the berries 🫐 Add blackberries, honey, lemon juice, lemon zest, mint leaves, and salt to a bowl. Mash for 1 min until juicy, dark purple, and fragrant.
• Rest the flavor 🛋 Let the blackberry mixture rest for 8 min so the honey dissolves and the mint perfumes the juice.
• Strain smooth ✨ Press the mixture through a fine sieve into a jug. Push well with a spoon to extract as much blackberry juice as possible. Discard the seeds.
• Build the glasses 🧊 Fill 4 tall glasses with ice. Add lemon slices, a few whole blackberries, and one mint sprig to each glass.
• Add the purple base 🍹 Pour about 70 ml blackberry base into each glass (¼ cup + 1 tbsp / 2.4 fl oz).
• Top with bubbles 💧 Slowly top each glass with chilled sparkling water. Stir once, very gently, so the fizz stays bright and lively.
• Serve cold 🌿 Finish with extra mint and a blackberry on top. Serve immediately while cold, bubbly, and fresh.

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