blood orange mocktail

One Lovely Life 

1/8/21     serves 5-6 people, double next time

TO MAKE A PITCHER (ABOUT 4 or 8 CUPS): 

8c        4c
2 c       About 1 cup crushed ice cubes
4c         2 cups blood orange juice (about 8 oranges, dbl 14 oranges)
1-2T      2–4 tsp. fresh lime juice
1-2T      2–4 tsp. agave (I just used 2-3T of sugar, dbl 1/4c)
2 2/3c    1 1/3 cup sparkling water
10-20    8–10 mint leaves
10         5-6 slices of blood orange and/or lime, for garnish (optional)

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INSTRUCTIONS

FOR A PITCHER:
Squeeze and press the oranges- set aside. Save 5-6 slices of oranges for garnish to go on the glass.

Place crushed ice cubes in 5-6 (or 8-10)glasses. a pitcher with at least 1 quart (4 cups) capacity.
Add blood orange juice, fresh lime juice, and agave. (Taste your blood orange juice before adding the agave/sugar. Sometimes it’s super sweet juice, other times, it’s tart. That’ll help you determine how much sweetener you might need.)

1/8/20 I just added the sugar right to the blood orange juice and stirred, it dissolved well.
Stir to combine.
Top off with sparkling water.
Garnish with mint leaves and citrus slices