A Mindful Moment with Heather Noel

This week, we're joined by Heather Noel as we slow down for a moment and take a look at the ever growing world of Non-Alcoholic cocktails and spirits! We talk about the ups and downs of the neo-temperance movement, the difficulty of figuring out to call N/A Cocktails/ Mocktails/ Virgin Cocktails, and whether or not alcohol free cocktails are actually such a new innovation!

N/A Cocktails Discussed:

Nectar of a Few Flowers

1 oz. Optimist Botanicals Fresh

1 oz. fresh orange juice

1 oz. fresh grapefruit juice

1/2 oz. fresh lime juice

1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice

1/2 oz. aquafaba

1/2 oz. strawberry infused simple syrup

1 barspoon orange flower water

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice, shake until chilled, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Campfire Old Fashioned

1 small egg white

2 oz. Lapsang Souchong tea

1/2 oz. ginger simple syrup

3 drops alcohol free vanilla extract

3 dashes non-alcoholic bitters

2 teaspoons fresh ginger juice

Recipe by Derek Brown, as published in Mindful Mixology

Lightly whip the egg white until slightly frothy and add to a mixing glass. Add all other ingredients, then ice, and stir until chilled. Strain into a rocks glass, and garnish with a expressed orange peel.