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Ginger-Lemon Mocktail: The Perfect Summer Drink

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“Are we there yet?”

That’s the question I ask when the days lengthen, the south winds blow, and the temperature soars above 90 (or 100) degrees Fahrenheit.

I start to fantasize about changing leaves, cool winds, and the end of Daylight Savings Time. I have to admit, I’m a fall/winter kind of girl.

Today I want to share with you the beverage that makes summer bearable for me. It’s the drink I whip up in a matter of seconds when my armpits are soaked with sweat by 11:00 in the morning (yes, because that actually happens).

It’s my version of a bubbly, non-alcoholic cocktail that detoxifies, invigorates, and allows you to pretend for a few precious moments that you’re lying in a hammock on a white sand beach in Fiji… until your son shoots you in the back with his Nerf gun and snaps you right back into reality.

By the way, I’m not against alcoholic drinks. It’s just that this one is a little more acceptable for the stay-at-home, homeschooling mother of 2 to have before lunch, ya know? 😉

Ginger, lemon, and apple cider vinegar — the star players in this easy-peasy beverage — rock my world. They’re such small, simple ingredients, but each one of them packs a powerful punch to nourish, hydrate, and detoxify your body.

Ginger

  • helps heal and protect the gut
  • relieves nausea, bloating, and upset stomach (morning sickness, anyone?)
  • boosts the immune system and is an excellent remedy for colds, tummy bugs, or the flu
  • is a potent detoxifier
  • clears the sinuses
  • relieves pain caused by migraines, inflammation, menstrual cramps, and arthritis
  • is a warming food and can help with low body temperature and/or slow metabolism

Lemon

  • is a great source of Vitamin C
  • aids in digestion and can really “get the juices flowing”
  • is a great detoxifier
  • can help with constipation
  • flushes the liver and kidneys
  • boosts energy and mental clarity

Raw Apple Cider Vinegar

  • aids in digestion, relieves heartburn and constipation, and increases stomach acid
  • is super detoxifying
  • can help with weight loss
  • is alkalinizing
  • reduces sugar cravings

Mix these 3 together with some bubbly and raw honey or liquid stevia, and voila, you’ve got the perfect summer drink. I even love its beautiful color!

There’s one small step before you make the actual drink: making a ginger concentrate or ginger tea. It’s helpful if you have a juicer so that you can quickly juice the ginger for the “concentrate” and drink your mocktail right away. I’ll give two alternatives below — “juicing” with a high powered blender, or making ginger tea.

Ginger-Lemon Mocktail |Today I want to share with you the beverage that makes summer bearable for me. It's my version of a bubbly, non-alcoholic cocktail that detoxifies, invigorates, and allows you to pretend for a few precious moments that you're lying in a hammock on a white sand beach in Fiji... | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

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Ginger-Lemon Mocktail

This drink is so bubbly and, did I mention, refreshing?! Like my stainless steel drinking straw? You can get your own here!
Course Beverage
Author Lindsey Dietz

Ingredients

  • ice cubes made from pure water
  • 2 to 4 tablespoons ginger concentrate or ginger tea, see recipes below
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice from approximately 1 lemon
  • 1 to 3 teaspoons raw apple cider vinegar
  • raw honey or liquid stevia extract, to taste
  • sparkling mineral water *

Instructions

  1. Fill a pint-size Mason jar with ice.
  2. Add the ginger concentrate or ginger tea (see recipes below).
  3. Squeeze in the juice of the lemon.
  4. Add apple cider vinegar.
  5. Pour in the sparkling water, but don't fill your glass completely. Leave some room to add more ginger, lemon, vinegar, and/or raw honey or stevia to your taste preferences.
  6. When it's just right, give it a good stir, and you're done!

Recipe Notes

*Invest in a mineral-rich sparkling water, not club soda, tonic water, or seltzer water. Mineral water is going to give you the bonus of naturally occurring minerals from the source, not just water with carbon dioxide added.
Don't know the difference? This article is really helpful in deciphering the differences between all those bubbly waters out there!

*My perfect ginger lemon mocktail requires about 1/4 cup of the ginger juice concentrate, 1 whole lemon, 1 tablespoon of ACV, and 6 to 7 drops NuNaturals Liquid Stevia.

Ginger-Lemon Mocktail |Today I want to share with you the beverage that makes summer bearable for me. It's my version of a bubbly, non-alcoholic cocktail that detoxifies, invigorates, and allows you to pretend for a few precious moments that you're lying in a hammock on a white sand beach in Fiji... | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

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Ginger Concentrate (with a juicer or high-powered blender)

Keep this "concentrate" in the fridge for up to 1 week. Yes, I know it's diluted with water and not a concentrate, but ginger juice is STRONG, and you're going to dilute it even more when you make the mocktail. I make up a batch of this every week so I can enjoy my perfect drink any time!
Course Beverage
Author Lindsey Dietz

Ingredients

  • 3 to 4 inch piece of ginger root washed
  • pure water to fill a pint-size Mason jar

Instructions

  1. Run the ginger root through your juicer.
  2. Take that bright yellow juice and pour it into a pint-size Mason jar.
  3. Fill with water. This is the "concentrate" that you can keep in the fridge for up to 1 week.
  4. Pull it out any time you feel like refreshing yourself with this mocktail.

Recipe Notes

*Note from Wardee: You can "juice" ginger using a Vitamix or BlendTec by blending the (peeled) ginger root and some water until it's as smooth as possible. Then strain out the ginger fibers by pouring the mixture through fine cheesecloth or a fine strainer, catching the juice in a bowl or jar. Now combine the juice with more water to fill a pint-size jar. Click here to see this on Instagram.

Ginger-Lemon Mocktail |Today I want to share with you the beverage that makes summer bearable for me. It's my version of a bubbly, non-alcoholic cocktail that detoxifies, invigorates, and allows you to pretend for a few precious moments that you're lying in a hammock on a white sand beach in Fiji... | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

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3.67 from 3 votes
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Ginger Tea (without a juicer)

If you don't have a juicer or high-powered blender, you can make ginger tea for your mocktail -- which is essentially the same as making ginger root tea.
Course Beverage
Author Lindsey Dietz

Ingredients

  • 3 to 4 inch piece of ginger root washed
  • 2 cups pure water

Instructions

  1. Peel and dice or grate the ginger root. If dicing, the pieces should be about 1/8 inch cubes.
  2. Add the ginger and water to a saucepan and bring to a boil.
  3. Once boiling, reduce the heat, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes.
  4. Strain the ginger out, cool, and store the ginger tea in a pint-size Mason jar in your fridge for up to a week.

Recipe Notes

*Be aware that this ginger tea will not be as strong the ginger concentrate recipe above. I prefer the juicer method because I absolutely delight in that stronger ginger flavor.

More Summer Treat Fun

We’ve got 3 more months of sun, beach trips, baseball games, gardening, and sweating ahead of us. Here are a few more “mixed drinks” that you can enjoy year round, but especially this summer!

  • Ginger Grapefruit Kombucha
  • Kefir Smoothie
  • Water Kefir Granita
  • Summer Sangria, for the wine drinkers among us
  • Traditional Ginger Ale
  • Kombucha-rita (I WILL be trying this one, hopefully with some fajitas!)
  • Fermented Hindu Lemonade
  • 2 Sports Drink Recipes (hydrating & electrolyte-rich!)
  • 100+ Cold Desserts For Summer (Paleo, GAPS, Keto options)

Will you try my ginger lemon mocktail? What is your favorite refreshing summer beverage?

This post was featured in 92 Nourishing Grill & Barbecue Dishes, Drinks, & Desserts.

Glass of milk kefir on a table with striped towel in the background and text overlay.
3.67 from 3 votes
Print

Ginger Concentrate (with a juicer or high-powered blender)

Keep this "concentrate" in the fridge for up to 1 week. Yes, I know it's diluted with water and not a concentrate, but ginger juice is STRONG, and you're going to dilute it even more when you make the mocktail. I make up a batch of this every week so I can enjoy my perfect drink any time!
Course Beverage
Author Lindsey Dietz

Ingredients

  • 3 to 4 inch piece of ginger root washed
  • pure water to fill a pint-size Mason jar

Instructions

  1. Run the ginger root through your juicer.
  2. Take that bright yellow juice and pour it into a pint-size Mason jar.
  3. Fill with water. This is the "concentrate" that you can keep in the fridge for up to 1 week.
  4. Pull it out any time you feel like refreshing yourself with this mocktail.

Recipe Notes

*Note from Wardee: You can "juice" ginger using a Vitamix or BlendTec by blending the (peeled) ginger root and some water until it's as smooth as possible. Then strain out the ginger fibers by pouring the mixture through fine cheesecloth or a fine strainer, catching the juice in a bowl or jar. Now combine the juice with more water to fill a pint-size jar. Click here to see this on Instagram.

 

Glass of milk kefir on a table with striped towel in the background and text overlay.
3.19 from 16 votes
Print

Ginger-Lemon Mocktail

This drink is so bubbly and, did I mention, refreshing?! Like my stainless steel drinking straw? You can get your own here!
Course Beverage
Author Lindsey Dietz

Ingredients

  • ice cubes made from pure water
  • 2 to 4 tablespoons ginger concentrate or ginger tea, see recipes below
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice from approximately 1 lemon
  • 1 to 3 teaspoons raw apple cider vinegar
  • raw honey or liquid stevia extract, to taste
  • sparkling mineral water *

Instructions

  1. Fill a pint-size Mason jar with ice.
  2. Add the ginger concentrate or ginger tea (see recipes below).
  3. Squeeze in the juice of the lemon.
  4. Add apple cider vinegar.
  5. Pour in the sparkling water, but don't fill your glass completely. Leave some room to add more ginger, lemon, vinegar, and/or raw honey or stevia to your taste preferences.
  6. When it's just right, give it a good stir, and you're done!

Recipe Notes

*Invest in a mineral-rich sparkling water, not club soda, tonic water, or seltzer water. Mineral water is going to give you the bonus of naturally occurring minerals from the source, not just water with carbon dioxide added.
Don't know the difference? This article is really helpful in deciphering the differences between all those bubbly waters out there!

*My perfect ginger lemon mocktail requires about 1/4 cup of the ginger juice concentrate, 1 whole lemon, 1 tablespoon of ACV, and 6 to 7 drops NuNaturals Liquid Stevia.

We only recommend products and services we wholeheartedly endorse. This post may contain special links through which we earn a small commission if you make a purchase (though your price is the same).

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About Lindsey Dietz

Native Texans, Lindsey and her family now live in the northern Minnesota wilderness on their dream property, where they are attempting to raise chickens and a few of their own veggies. In her free time, she enjoys food photography, flipping through cookbooks, and tackling home improvement projects. She also serves on the board of her local food co-op. Lindsey has dedicated much of her time over the past several years to unlearning conventional practices and implementing Traditional foods and natural remedies in her home. This has radically changed her and her family's health. Lindsey now loves to share her knowledge and recipes through her blog All The Nourishing Things and her eBooks: Nourishing No-Bake Treats and Sweet Without Sugar.

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  1. Janet says

    June 17, 2014 at 10:56 am

    Yes, Yes, Yes I will be trying your mocktail!!!! I’m in the middle of making cottage cheese right now but have got my juicer out already! I’m going to make this as soon as I finish the cottage cheese. Thank-you so much for this post!!

    Reply
  2. Beth N. says

    June 17, 2014 at 11:01 am

    I drink this kind of thing all the time – have one next to me now. 🙂 For the ginger, I just squeeze a little hunk in my garlic press and let the juice run into my cup. Works great, as long as you have a good, sturdy garlic press.

    Reply
    • Wardee Harmon says

      June 19, 2014 at 9:12 am

      Great tip, Beth — thank you!

      Reply
  3. Kath says

    June 17, 2014 at 11:16 am

    I juice the ginger and lemon, put them in ice cube trays and add them to my ice water. Great all day with out any sweetener. Will have to try adding apple cider vinager.

    Reply
  4. Lee says

    June 17, 2014 at 1:31 pm

    Note of caution to honey users- adding the honey to the chilled mixture ends up with hard globs of honey stuck to the spoon. Try dissolving the honey at the beginning when you add the ginger juice.

    Reply
  5. RoseAnne says

    June 19, 2014 at 10:56 am

    I love this, but made a couple of changes. First, I don’t have a juicer or a super-high-powered blender, but my regular countertop blender is pretty good – so I threw the ginger in with a little water and pulverized away. Then I put it in a pint-sized jar with additional water overnight. The next morning most of the fiber had settled to the bottom. Initially I just used the liquid on the top, but then I tried shaking the jar and using the fiber too. It was great, and the added fiber can only be good for me.

    I also left out all sweetener. Having transformed my diet to a low-carb one a few years ago, I find that I my tastes have changed and I rarely need sweetening added to anything. Definitely the case here – I love it without the sweetener. I also use plain water – I’m just not a bubbly type of person. 🙂 Unless we’re talking the mild carbonation in kombucha – love that!

    Thanks for the recipe. I’ve been trying to get ACV into my regular routine.

    Reply
  6. delia says

    June 19, 2014 at 5:50 pm

    I made this today…..so yummy!!! I also added my kombucha vinegar

    Reply
  7. Kimm Hunt says

    June 21, 2014 at 12:57 pm

    Sounds great. I love ginger and lemon. I will be making some soon!

    My favorite summer beverage is raspberry ginger kefir lemonade. I use the following recipe:

    1 qt kefir water
    2/3 c lemon juice
    1/2″ piece of peeled ginger
    1/2 c frozen raspberries
    2-4 micro scoops of stevia extract

    Blend 1c kefir water with the remaining ingredients. Pour into a 1.5+ qt pitcher with remainng kefir water and stir. Stir well just before stirring.

    If you don’t like raspberry seeds, blend berries w/ kefir h2o, strain, then blend with the rest of the ingredients.

    I also sometimes add chia seed gel.

    Reply
  8. Kimm Hunt says

    June 21, 2014 at 12:58 pm

    *Stir well just before SERVING. 🙂

    Reply
  9. Anna says

    July 7, 2014 at 12:37 pm

    Did you peel the ginger first or just wash well? Want to make this ASAP 🙂

    Reply
    • Kimm Hunt says

      July 7, 2014 at 7:24 pm

      If you use frozen ginger, just grate it. No need to peel. If using fresh, wash and peel it first. I recommend grating or mincing to make sure you don’t end up with chunks in your drink.

      There’s so little ginger in this drink that the fiber isn’t noticeable.

      To freeze fresh ginger root: wash, dry and wrap in plastic wrap.

      Reply
  10. Laura says

    July 8, 2014 at 1:38 pm

    My mom and I just made these! Super yummy, especially with a slightly pulverized sprig of mint 😀

    Reply
  11. Kelly says

    September 1, 2014 at 11:24 am

    I’ve been making my own ginger syrup concentrate for homemade “ginger ale” for a couple of years. I add the raw honey while the syrup is warm (but not so warm that it offsets the benefits of raw honey) and then it dissolves better.

    I’m curious though, as a ginger is a warming food, how does it cool your body on a hot day?

    Reply
    • Gary says

      January 2, 2019 at 3:56 am

      This is known as the paradox effect and simply put, as your body heats up the sweat released then cools the body. This is simple biology in action. I”m not sure that it really applies in this instance though as the drink itself should be well iced to begin with

      Reply
  12. Ann says

    August 2, 2017 at 10:02 am

    5 stars
    My friend made this summer drink for me yesterday and I really love it! It tastes so good! Nothing is better than lemonade in the summer!

    Reply
  13. tom says

    April 5, 2018 at 4:31 pm

    3 stars
    sounds excellent however mineral water contains inorganic minerals that are accepted into but not assimilated by the body.

    Reply
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