Ingredients (5)
- 1 fresh basil leaf, plus more for garnish
- 1 strawberry, chopped, plus additional halves for garnish
- 1/2 ounce grenadine
- 1 1/2 ounces white rum
- plain kombucha
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A rosy-red, sweet-tart Valentine’s Day cocktail with white rum and kombucha will give you that warm, fuzzy (and fizzy) feeling. Strawberries and basil add intoxicating fragrance, and a kiss of grenadine makes it blush.
See more kombucha cocktail recipes—or if you haven’t quite acquired a taste for the fermented, probiotic tea, maybe chocolate cocktails are a more alluring Valentine’s Day option?
Game Plan: Get our Homemade Grenadine recipe if you want to step up your cocktail game. And those who are truly passionate about DIY can even make the kombucha at home!
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Instructions
- 1Lightly muddle basil leaf at bottom of pint glass.
- 2Add chopped strawberry and lightly muddle again.
- 3Pour in the grenadine and white rum and stir to mix.
- 4Add ice to glass.
- 5Top with unflavored kombucha.
- 6Garnish with halved strawberries and basil leaf, and share with someone special (even if that’s just yourself).
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