This non alcoholic sangria recipe is a luscious, refreshing drink that is great for both adults and kids and perfect for parties!
Non Alcoholic Sangria Recipe
Ever since I visited Spain, many moons ago, I fell in love with sangria. It’s not the alcohol I used to love about it but the great assortment of fruit! But as I’ve given up alcohol a few years back I didn’t have the chance to enjoy a real sangria ever since. Until yesterday when I decided to make a non alcoholic sangria recipe!
This version is pretty similar to “the real thing” without the alcohol buzz which I don’t miss at all. This lovely recipe is so nice to sip on and/or to “snack” on the fruit. I used a lot of lemon and orange as I think citrus is the perfect choice for a refreshing summer drink.
I also added red grapefruit juice instead of the red wine in the original sangria recipe and I added a little rum extract to mimic the brandy. I opted for peaches to give the recipe extra sweetness and counterbalance the sourness in grapefruit and added cinnamon sticks for just a touch of spicy.
The fruit looks great and when steeped for several hours (I left them in the fridge overnight), they make this non alcoholic sangria recipe taste a thousand times better that the original version! If you prefer you can make this with alcohol, I’ll specify the proportions below.
Non Alcoholic Sangria Recipe
Ingredients:
- 2 cups boiling water
- 2 green tea bags
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1/2 to 1 cup sugar
- 3 cups fresh red grapefruit juice
- 1 cup fresh orange juice
- 1 tablespoon rum extract
- 1 orange, sliced into thin rounds
- 1 lemon, sliced into thin rounds
- 1 lime, sliced into thin rounds
- 1 medium apple, cored and cut into chunks or/and wedges
- 1 peach cut into wedges
- 3 cups carbonated or tonic water
- large pitcher
For the alcohol version add or replace these to the ingredients above, as specified:
- replace the fresh grapefruit juice above with 1/2 grapefruit, sliced into thin rounds
- add 1 750 ml bottle Tempranillo wine
- 80 ml brandy (I would opt for Hennessy or Courvoisier) instead of rum extract
Directions:
- Pour the boiling water over the tea bags and steep for 5 minutes.
- Discard tea bags and stir in sugar to dissolve.
- In a large pitcher combine tea, cinnamon sticks, grapefruit juice, orange juice, rum extract, orange, lemon, lime, peach and apple. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour and preferably overnight. Just before serving, stir in carbonated water. Serve in glasses over ice.
Non alcoholic Sangria recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups boiling water
- 2 green tea bags
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1/2 to 1 cup sugar
- 3 cups red grapefruit juice
- 1 cup fresh orange juice
- 1 tablespoon rum extract
- 1 orange sliced into thin rounds
- 1 lemon sliced into thin rounds
- 1 lime sliced into thin rounds
- 1 medium apple cored and cut into chunks or/and wedges
- 1 peach cut into wedges
- 3 cups carbonated or tonic water
- large pitcher
- For the alcohol version add or replace these to the ingredients above as specified:
- replace the fresh grapefruit juice above with 1/2 grapefruit sliced into thin rounds
- add 1 750 ml bottle Tempranillo wine
- 80 ml brandy I would opt for Hennessy or Courvoisier instead of rum extract
Instructions
- Pour the boiling water over the tea bags and steep for 5 minutes.
- Discard tea bags and stir in sugar to dissolve.
- In a large pitcher combine tea, cinnamon sticks, grapefruit juice, orange juice, rum extract, orange, lemon, lime, peach and apple. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour and preferably overnight. Just before serving, stir in carbonated water. Serve in glasses over ice.
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Bobbie says
July 30, 2016 at 9:00 AMThanks for this non-alcoholic sangria recipe! I can’t drink alcohol, so I appreciate having great alternatives like this!
Petro says
July 30, 2016 at 9:33 AMThank you, Bobbie. I don’t do alcohol either and I feel like I’m left behind at parties or family gatherings. Recipes like this one are super great for me and I love it that I can share one with my daughter too 🙂