Looking for Non-Alcoholic Drinks for Your Wedding?

Photo courtesy of http://www.lorina.com/

Why not try Lorina Sparkling Lemonade, Pink Lemonade, Orangeade, Blueberry Lemonade or French Berry? Just put it on ice and enjoy! If you visit their web site you'll find their non-alcoholic drink recipes at: http://www.lorina.com/.

Make Some Raspberry Limeade

This bright dark pink drink will be refreshing even on the hottest of days!

Raspberry Limeade


1 c fresh or frozen raspberries

1/3 – 1/2 c simple syrup*

3 juicy limes, juiced

5 c cold water



Puree the raspberries and put juice into a pitcher. Discard seeds. Add in lime juice and simple syrup and cold water. Stir and taste making any adjustments to sweetener or lime juice. Serve over ice.

* Simple syrup is an equal mixture of water and white sugar combined over heat to make a syrup. It’s simple! I usually take 1 cup of water and 1 cup of sugar and mix them over medium-high heat until it just starts to boil. Once it completely melted, remove from heat and cool. I store it in a jar in the fridge to use for all kinds of drinks.

Recipe and photo courtesy of: everybodylikessandwiches.com

Chiara Drink Coolers

(Courtesy of NapaStyle.com)

Half the fun of serving ice-cold lemonade or non-alcoholic tropical punch is seeing it. This elevated square glass dispenser showcases colorful fruit-filled concoctions to full effect. An elevated base is hollow, so you can keep fresh lemons, oranges or extra ice underneath. The spigots are stainless steel, so you can even use them for olive oil. Thick, smooth-finished glass. Hand wash. Imported. Small 7 x 7 x 19" h. (holds 1¾ gallons). Large, 7 x 7 x 26½" h. (holds 3 gallons).  $199.00 - $299.00

Wine Glace Mix Goes Non-Alcoholic

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Gourmet food show award-winning Wine Glacé mix turns non-alcholic and into refreshing frosty fruit drink. All you need is ice, juice, the mix, and a blender. You can make great non-alcoholic smoothies with fruit juice. Each mix makes approx. 72 oz.

One mix: $15.00 - Two mixes: $29.00

Non-Alcoholic Gypsy Strawberry Kiwi Iced Tea

Iced tea is simple: make hot tea and serve it cold. But getting a good tasting batch is harder than it sounds. If you over-steep the tea it becomes bitter, and if you over-dilute it with melting ice it loses it's cooling zing.  To solve this problem brew extra strong tea by using a few extra tea bags (the number will depend on the size of the batch), then stir in the sugar or honey while the tea is hot and chill overnight.  Do NOT add ice.  Instead only add ice right before serving or use frozen strawberries as ice cubes.   
The tea pictured above is Zhena’s Gypsy Tea Strawberry Kiwi Green Tea which is iced with frozen strawberries, raspberries and cherries, and garnished with a bit of mint from my garden. 

This is a perfect brew for a picnic wedding or outdoor bash and can be served in pretty clear glass pitchers.

Use Lavendar to Garnish

Garnishing your cool non-alcoholic wedding drinks this spring and summer with lavendar.  It immediately adds color and a soft, sweet smell to your wedding drinks.  Whether they are lavendar tea or lemonades, lavendar as a garnish will add that special something to your day.

Fruity Fun Imported from Great Britain

Belvoir Fruit Farms described their drinks as "fresh fruits, flowers and spices with no nasties (colours, flavors, artificial sweeteners or preservatives." Their fine line of organic cordials, pressés, and fruit juices with spring water are high quality adult soft drinks from Britain. Quotes from foodies include: "If you are looking for an upmarket non-alcoholic drink to quench your thirst, look no further than Belvoirs Elderflower, Gooseberry & Muscat cordial." (Food & Travel, June 2009) and "I've given up alcohol so look for soft drinks with a bit of bite Cranberry pressé by Belvoir Fruit Farms" (Marie Claire, October 2009). They're imported to the US by British Wholesale Imports, British Delights, and The British Aisle. I happened to stumble across them when I was researching fonts (you never know where you'll find a treasure! I was on a Russian web site, just seeing what they had and came across a beautiful bottle of their juice.) It has a unique taste, the packaging is award winning, and the drinks are all high quality organics. Belvoir wins awards for their products year after year. Their web site has some ideas for non-alcoholic drink recipes you could use for a signature drink, or just buy the bottles of fruit juice and sparkling water and serve a non-alcoholic but beautiful drink choice to your guests. For recipes and more information go to their web site at: http://www.belvoirfruitfarms.co.uk/page/cocktail-recipes.  Don't forget, cordials need to be diluted about 7 to 1 with either still or sparkling water. 

Left: Belvoir Organic Blood Orange and Mandarin Cordial; Right: are pressés that are already diluted so you can drink them right from the bottle.