As much as we love skincare, food is also an excellent way to maintain glowing skin. Since summer is here, we want to share five alcohol-free mocktails, A.K.A. our beauty juice recipes that taste delicious and use ingredients backed by Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to help us achieve healthy skin inside and out!
Trust us, they’re so aesthetic, you’ll want to take pics and serve your friends!
Inspiration behind the Beauty Juice Recipes
How many of you have heard the saying, “eat with the seasons?” In TCM, the spring and the summer months are a time where we should focus on our favorite cooling foods to combat the heat outside, and achieve a healthy balance with our skin and our bodies.
For our five Beauty Juice Recipes, we focused on incorporating some of these cooling foods like cucumber, matcha, grapefruit, cucumber, lemon, and lime into our drinks for sweet, refreshing, and tart drinks that perfectly fit the hot weather!
1. Matcha-holic Mojito
We can think of this as a matcha spritzer! This refreshing drink is cooling, tart, and sweet, with bright earthy notes from the matcha base shining through.
What are the benefits of this beauty juice recipe?
We chose matcha as the base ingredient due to its cooling properties and rich antioxidant profile. Matcha is a fine vibrant green powder made from ground green tea leaves for those who don’t know.
Not only does matcha go along with the bright, citrusy notes from the lime (another cooling ingredient), but it also contains caffeine to perk you up and energize you throughout the day.
Matcha-holic Mojito Recipe
We can think of this as a matcha spritzer! This refreshing drink is cooling, tart, and sweet, with bright earthy notes from the matcha base shining through.
What are the benefits of this beauty juice recipe?
We chose matcha as the base ingredient due to its cooling properties and rich antioxidant profile. Matcha is a fine vibrant green powder made from ground green tea leaves for those who don’t know.
Not only does matcha go along with the bright, citrusy notes from the lime (another cooling ingredient), but it also contains caffeine to perk you up and energize you throughout the day.
Ingredients for Matcha-Holic Mojito
- 1 tsp matcha powder (we love this ceremonial grade Matcha from Nekohama)
- Lime juice (from ½ lime)
- Sparkling water (flavored or unflavored)
- Honey or other sugar alternatives (to taste)
- Mint leaves for garnish (optional)
- Ice
Directions
- Prepare matcha by combining hot (but not boiling) water and matcha powder to a bowl.
- Whisk until the matcha is smooth and frothy.
- In a cup, add the matcha, lime juice, honey, mint leaves, and soda water
- Top with ice cubes and garnish with extra mint leaves and a wedge of lime if desired
2. Glow-Tastic Grapefruit Sparkler
Grapefruits are sweet, bitter, sour, and…did we mention sweet?
The Glow-Tastic Grapefruit Sparkler is a perfect way of bringing out all the complex flavor notes from the grapefruit. We added a dash of lemon juice to brighten the entire drink for that extra zing. And if you’re feeling a little fancy, add a sugar rim to elevate your drink!
What are the benefits of this beauty juice recipe?
Grapefruit is an excellent fruit for aiding digestion and gut health while filling you with essential vitamins and nutrients. In TCM, grapefruit is also a cooling fruit, which means it’s helpful for people with bad digestion, decreased appetite, and dry coughs.
And since it’s a citrus fruit, grapefruit is rich in vitamin C to help fight free radical damage inside our bodies.
Glow-Tastic Grapefruit Sparkler Recipe
Tools you’ll need: Blender
Ingredients for Glow-Tastic Grapefruit
- 1 grapefruit (peeled)
- Sparkling water (flavored or unflavored)
- Lime juice (from ½ lime)
- 2 tbsp maple syrup (or other sweeteners)
- Lime wedge & mint leaves for garnish (optional)
- Sugar for sugar rim (optional)
- Ice
Directions
- Add peeled grapefruit, lime juice, and maple syrup to the blender and blend until smooth. Set aside.
- Create a sugar rim (optional): fill a saucer or a shallow bowl with sugar. Wet the rim of your glass with lime juice and hold at a 45-degree angle. Dab the rim into the sugar while slowly turning the glass so the outer edge is covered.
- Add ice cubes to the glass cup and pour the grapefruit juice mixture halfway.
- Fill the remaining half with sparkling water and garnish with mint leaves and a lime wedge
3. Cool-Cumber Refresher
You know what they say: cool as a cucumber! This refresher isn’t an ordinary drink – it’s the perfect way of rehydrating yourself when you’ve been out and about during the hot summer day.
Since the cucumber has a mild and crisp flavor, we like to use this as a base while the sparkling ginger ale and lime juice opens the taste buds with pops of bright flavor. You can also add in some mint for additional cooling effects and for visual appeal!
What are the benefits of this beauty juice recipe?
Just like how we turn to cucumbers for calming and depuffing sunburnt or inflamed skin, cucumber is a fantastic ingredient known to clear internal heat and inflammation in the body.
It’s also one of the top alkaline fruits that can help rebalance the body’s natural pH levels, reduce bloating, and help with fluid retention. This can be beneficial especially if your body’s thrown off balance from a day of indulging in fried, fatty, salty, or greasy foods.
Cool-Cumber Refresher Recipe
Tools you’ll need: Blender
Ingredients for Cool-Cumber Refresher
- ½ large cucumber (diced) + four large thin strips of cucumber (horizontally – for garnish)
- Lime juice (from ½ lime)
- 2 tbsp maple syrup (or other sweeteners)
- Splash of Water or Sparkling water
- Sparkling ginger ale
- Sugar for sugar rim (optional)
- Lime wedge for garnish (optional)
- Ice
Directions
- Add cucumber, lime juice, maple syrup, and a splash of water/sparkling water to a blender and blend until smooth. Set aside.
- Create a sugar rim (optional): fill a saucer or a shallow bowl with sugar. Wet the rim of your glass with lime juice and hold at a 45-degree angle. Dab the rim into the sugar while slowly turning the glass so the outer edge is covered.
- Add cucumber strips into the cup and arrange so it settles into a nice spiral.
- Add in ice cubes and fill up the cup halfway with the cucumber juice mixture.
- Fill the remaining half with ginger ale and garnish with small cucumber strips.
4. Sun-Kissed Strawberry Mocktail
This mocktail is the sweetest of the five recipes but makes for a gorgeously pink and delicious drink! This drink combines a strawberry puree base with lemon-ginger syrup for a zing and a warm hint of spice, while the strawberry basil seltzer tops the drink with a refreshing herbal flavor.
What are the benefits of this beauty juice recipe?
Strawberries are more than just a sweet snack – they’re chock full of nutrients, including Vitamin C! Just one serving of strawberries (about eight) can provide more vitamin C than an orange.
And speaking of citrus fruits, this beauty juice recipe incorporates some lemon juice to brighten up the sweet strawberry and perk us up from the midday fatigue. Let’s not also forget the superstar ingredient: ginger!
This spice is notorious for calming digestion or stomach related troubles – whether they’re cramps, nausea, indigestion and the like. As for the taste, it’ll add a delightfully warming and spicy element to your drink!
Sun-Kissed Strawberry Mocktail Recipe
Tools you’ll need: Blender, Sieve
Ingredients for Sun-Kissed Strawberry Mocktail
- 1 cup strawberries (rinsed & de-stemmed)
- Strawberry-basil flavored sparkling water
- Ice
- Strawberry slices for garnish (optional)
- Mint leaves for garnish (optional)
- Sugar for sugar rim (optional)
- Ginger syrup to taste (see below)
Ginger syrup:
- Lemon juice (from ½ lemon)
- Fresh ginger (½ – peeled)
- 1-2 tbsp sugar (rock, white, brown, etc,)
Directions
Ginger Syrup:
- Peel and cut a handful of ginger
- Add 1-2 cups of water into a pot, along with the ginger pieces and sugar.
- Mix until the sugar is dissolved and bring the water to a boil.
- Boil in medium heat until the water reduces down by half and has an amber hue.
- Remove from heat and set aside.
- Use when the syrup is fully cooled down to room temperature.
Creating the drink:
- Add fresh strawberries and a splash of water into a blender and blend until smooth.
- Place a sieve over a clean bowl and pour the strawberry mixture into the sieve. Using a spoon, strain the mixture over to catch the strawberry seeds so that the puree is nice and smooth. Set aside.
- Create a sugar rim (optional): fill a saucer or a shallow bowl with sugar. Wet the rim of your glass with lime juice and hold at a 45-degree angle. Dab the rim into the sugar while slowly turning the glass so the outer edge is covered.
- Into the rimmed cup, add ice, half of the strawberry mixture and a splash of the ginger syrup.
- Fill the remaining half with strawberry-basil flavored sparkling water.
- Garnish with strawberry slices and fresh mint leaves for a pop of color.
5. Kiwi Kraze Mocktail
Here’s a green juice without the greens! This gorgeous mocktail infuses all the juicy goodness from fresh kiwi fruit with zesty lime, maple syrup, and sparkling water. Add lemon-lime seltzer for extra flavor!
What are the benefits of this beauty juice recipe?
Bet you didn’t know that kiwi has more vitamin C per cup than oranges! This delicious fruit is also packed with dietary fiber, vitamins, and antioxidants to help support heart and digestive health, as well as immunity.
Couple the drink with the antioxidant rich limes, and you got a supercharged drink that can perk up your day!
Kiwi Kraze Mocktail Recipe
Tools you’ll need: Blender
Ingredients for Kiwi Kraze Mocktail
- 2 kiwis (scooped and cut)
- Lime juice (from ½ lime)
- 2 tbsp maple syrup (or other sweeteners)
- Sparkling water (flavored or unflavored)
- Ice
- Mint leaves for garnish (optional)
Directions
- Add kiwis, lime juice, and maple syrup into a blender and blend until smooth. If needed, you can add a splash of water to help the kiwi mixture blend better.
- Add in ice cubes and fill up the cup halfway with the cucumber juice mixture.
- Fill the remaining half with sparkling water.
- Garnish with mint leaves to complete the look!
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