DIY: Sparkling Juice

When there’s something to celebrate, I’d like to do it with Champagne. Some people toast with wine or tequila but I prefer bumping crystals with bubbly. There’s nothing more festive than those tiny bubbles swimming in long-stemmed flutes!

Le sigh: Tom doesn’t like Champagne (woohoo! More for me! Haha!) and my kids are too young to drink but I’d like to include them in the celebration.

Light bulb moment: Make homemade sparkling juice! It’s super easy to make and more affordable than store-bought sparkling juices.

Toast to the New Year with the whole family, including your toddler, with some homemade bubbly!

Homemade Sparkling Calamansi Juice

Drink bubbly sans the hangover!

Ingredients:

Reminder: Be sure to use CONCENTRATED juice. If you use regular juice the flavor will be diluted when you add the soda water.

• Any type of juice concentrate. I prefer concentrated calamansi juice. You could also use white or red grape or apple.
• Soda water
• Ice cubes

Easy peasy:

Step 1: Follow the directions of the concentrated juice pack/bottle

Use a pitcher when making the juice

Step 2: Add the soda water and ice

Tip: Best to chill the soda water before mixing

Stir but don’t overdo it as you will lose the bubbles fast.

Pour into a flute and serve immediately.

You can garnish this drink with a calamansi coin

If you have a spring-top bottle, you can prepare this sparkling juice ahead of time and refrigerate them. If you don’t, you must serve it immediately.

Tip: If you can’t find spring-top bottles, buy Gorlsch Beer which comes in this kind of bottle. Use the beer to marinate chicken and reuse the bottle to make sparkling juice.

What better way to welcome an exciting 2013 than sober? If not, add several shots of vodka to the mix and it’ll keep you buzzed longer than the fireworks at midnight! LOL

Cheers to your very good health. May you live to be as old as your jokes!

Shoppingero/shoppingera, what are you grateful for the year 2012?