Cranberry Delicious
Muddle; Shake ∙ 4 min ∙ 0.3% ABV ∙
The Cranberry Delicious is a non-alcoholic mint-and-lime mocktail built on sweetened cranberry juice, muddled and shaken for a frothy, no-proof Collins pour. Tart cranberry leads, fresh mint cools the middle, and a shake of bitters adds a faint spiced edge before a bright lime finish — good for brunch or an afternoon refresh.
Ingredients
1
Servings
Garnish
Instructions for 1 serving
- Pre-chill a glass
- In the base of the shaker, muddle: Fresh mint leaves 12 pcs
- Add the remaining ingredients: Lime juice 30 mlSugar syrup 15 mlCranberry juice 120 mlAngostura aromatic bitters 3 dashes
- Shake with ice
- Strain into the ice-filled glass
- Garnish with a mint sprig
Tips
- Muddle the 12 mint leaves on their own for 5-8 seconds, before anything else joins them, releasing the oils without shredding the leaves.
- Shake the muddled mint, lime juice, sugar syrup and cranberry juice hard with ice for about 10-12 seconds to fully chill and dilute before straining.
- Fine-strain into the Collins glass over fresh ice to catch muddled mint fragments, keeping the texture clean rather than pouring the shaker's contents directly.
- Add the Angostura bitters as a final 3-dash float on top after straining so the aromatic hits first before the cranberry sweetness.