The Twin Cities Tonic

Name: The Twin Cities Tonic
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 oz fresh apple cider; 1 oz apple juice; 0.5 oz honey syrup (1:1 honey and warm water); 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice; 1 oz sparkling water; Cinnamon sugar, for rim; Ice; Cinnamon stick and apple slice, for garnish

A warm golden apple cider and honey mocktail with a cinnamon rim, inspired by the Minnesota Twins.

By Larry Leo | Prep: 5 min | Servings: 1 | Difficulty: Easy

The Twin Cities Tonic mocktail — golden apple cider drink with honey rim and cinnamon stick

Ingredients

3 oz fresh apple cider
1 oz apple juice
0.5 oz honey syrup (1:1 honey and warm water)
0.5 oz fresh lemon juice
1 oz sparkling water
Cinnamon sugar, for rim
Ice
Cinnamon stick and apple slice, for garnish

Instructions

Make cinnamon sugar: mix 2 tablespoons sugar with 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
Wet the rim of a rocks glass with lemon juice and dip into cinnamon sugar.
Fill the glass with ice.
Combine apple cider, apple juice, honey syrup, and lemon juice. Stir well.
Pour over ice and top with sparkling water.
Garnish with a cinnamon stick and a thin apple slice on the rim.

Category: mlb-mocktails

Tags: twins, mlb, apple, honey, minnesota, baseball, fall, cozy