Pomegranate Mint Sangria

This Pomegranate Mint Sangria is fruity, refreshing, and a lovely summer drink. An easy mint simple syrup forms the base of this fruity libation, finished off with strawberries, apples, citrus, and sparkling water.

As I am typing this, it’s a brisk 56 degrees and it’s been raining for hours.

When I first made this sangria, however, it was a hot, sticky, in-the-mid-90’s day. All I wanted that day was something refreshing to sip on while planting myself in a chair under the shadiest part of our yard.

That’s how this Pomegranate Mint Sangria was born.

I don’t mind the rain at all right now. It feels perfectly Pacific Northwest, and I will take a few sweatshirt-worthy days before the brunt of summer, happily.

I’m sipping a really delicious hot mango coconut tea, but I am thinking about how amazing this Pomegranate Mint Sangria was and how good it’s going to taste again this summer.

One of my favorite summer flavors is mint. Whether it’s in Watermelon, Feta and Mint Salad, healthy Vegan Strawberry Balsamic Smoothie Bowls, or freshly made mint chocolate chip gelato. I am all about it.

And pomegranate and mint? What a beautiful partnership. I can confidently say they’re very, very happy together in this sangria.

Sweet, tart, refreshing, so fruity. The mint part of this sangria is achieved by making a mint-infused simple syrup. This adds plenty of mint flavor to the drink without any of the actual mint pieces, which can make the sangria have an unpleasant texture or turn murky.

You could simply infuse the fresh mint in the sangria and take the mint out, but tearing the mint and infusing it in the warm syrup brings out its deepest and truest flavor.

Then, some good quality fruity red wine, Triple Sec, fresh orange juice, pomegranate juice, strawberries, apples, and orange slices get happy together.

Top it with some orange sparkling water (I like using La Croix Tangerine!) and you have the perfect summer libation. Bring on the sun!

I hope that you enjoy this fruity Pomegranate Mint Sangria! What are your favorite sangria flavor combinations? Let me know in the comments below.

And here’s a few things you may need for this recipe:

La Croix Tangerine  //  POM Wonderful  //  Wholesome Sweeteners Organic Fair Trade Sugar  //  Libbey 7 Piece Sangria Set

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Pomegranate Mint Sangria

★★★★★ 5 from 3 reviews

• Author: Tiffany
• Cook Time: 5 mins
• Total Time: 5 minutes
• Yield: 6-8 1x
• Category: libations

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Description

This Pomegranate Mint Sangria is fruity, refreshing, and a lovely summer drink. An easy mint simple syrup forms the base of this fruity libation, finished off with strawberries, apples, citrus, and sparkling water.

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Ingredients

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For the Mint Syrup:

• 1/2 cup cane sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 large bunch (1 ounce) fresh mint

For the Sangria:

• Mint syrup
• 2 cups pure, unsweetened pomegranate juice (such as POM Wonderful)
• 1/2 cup Triple Sec
• 1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1 bottle fruity red wine (such as a Spanish Tempranillo)
• 1 apple, diced
• 1 orange, sliced (some saved for garnish)
• 1 pound strawberries, diced (3/4 pound for the sangria, the rest for garnish)
• Orange sparkling water, for serving (such as La Croix Tangerine)
• Fresh mint, orange slices, and strawberries, for serving

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Instructions

Make the Mint Syrup:

1. Heat the water and sugar to boiling. Let the syrup simmer for 2 minutes.
2. Roughly tear the fresh mint and add the entire mint bunch (stems and all) to the syrup during the last 30 seconds of simmering. Take the syrup off of the heat, and let the syrup infuse for one hour.
3. Strain the cool syrup and discard the mint.

Make the Sangria:

1. Combine the mint syrup, wine, fresh orange juice, Triple Sec, pomegranate juice, and all of the diced fruit (reserving some for garnish as stated).
2. Chill the sangria in the refrigerator overnight.
3. Serve the sangria in glasses with some of the soaked fruit. Fill the glasses 3/4 and top with the sparkling water. Garnish with a fresh mint sprig, orange slice, and strawberry half. Enjoy!

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