MEDICINE MAN

SERVES 6-8

Here’s one of True Food Kitchen’s most popular beverages, full of fruit, rich in antioxidants, and with enough caffeine to provide a nice lift.

Ingredients

30 ounces (3 ¾ cups) unsweetened cranberry juice

20 ounces (2 ½ cups) strong brewed black tea, cooled

10 ounces (1 ¼ cups) unsweetened pomegranate juice

Instructions

2 ½ ounces Simple Syrup

2 ½ ounces sea buckthorn juice

24 to 32 blueberries

Soda water

1. Combine the cranberry juice, tea, pomegranate juice, Simple Syrup, and sea buckthorn juice in a pitcher. Refrigerate until needed.

2. Muddle 4 blueberries in each tall glass, then fill the glass two-thirds full with the tea–juice mixture. Stir to mix. Add ice cubes and fill the remainder of the glass with soda water. Serve with a straw.

SIMPLE SYRUP

MAKES 2 CUPS

This is the most neutral liquid sweetener possible. As with all sweeteners, use it sparingly.

1 cup evaporated cane sugar

1 cup water

INGREDIENTS INSTRUCTIONS

1. Combine the evaporated cane sugar and water in a saucepan over medium heat. Heat and stir until the sugar dissolves.

2. Let cool, then put it in a lidded jar and refrigerate until needed.