The Oakland Green Machine

Name: The Oakland Green Machine
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 oz fresh cucumber juice (blend and strain half a cucumber); 1.5 oz green apple juice; 0.5 oz fresh lime juice; 0.5 oz simple syrup; 1 oz sparkling water; Yellow sugar, for rim; Ice; Cucumber slice and lime wheel, for garnish

A vivid lime-green cucumber and green apple mocktail inspired by the Oakland Athletics.

By Larry Leo | Prep: 10 min | Servings: 1 | Difficulty: Medium

The Oakland Green Machine mocktail — vivid lime-green cucumber and green apple drink with yellow lemon rim

Ingredients

2 oz fresh cucumber juice (blend and strain half a cucumber)
1.5 oz green apple juice
0.5 oz fresh lime juice
0.5 oz simple syrup
1 oz sparkling water
Yellow sugar, for rim
Ice
Cucumber slice and lime wheel, for garnish

Instructions

Make cucumber juice: blend half a peeled cucumber with 2 oz water. Strain through a fine mesh strainer.
Rim a highball glass with yellow sugar: wet the rim with lime juice and dip into yellow sugar.
Fill the glass with ice.
Combine cucumber juice, green apple juice, lime juice, and simple syrup in a shaker with ice.
Shake for 10 seconds and strain over the ice.
Top with sparkling water and garnish with a cucumber slice and lime wheel.

Category: mlb-mocktails

Tags: athletics, mlb, cucumber, green-apple, oakland, baseball, green, refreshing