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Unicorn Gin Cocktail Recipe

We've dubbed this unicorn gin cocktail the drink of the summer over here at Fit Foodie Finds! It's a magic color-changing cocktail that goes from purple to pink with the squeeze of a lemon.
Prep Time8 minutes
Total Time8 minutes
Course: Cocktail
Cuisine: American
Keyword: unicorn gin cocktail
Servings: 4
Author: Emily Richter

Ingredients

  • 8 oz. blackberry-raspberry hibiscus tea by Bigelow
  • 12 oz. gin
  • 1 tablespoon simple syrup
  • ½ teaspoon orange bitters any citrus bitters will do
  • 4 lemon wedges
  • Mint for garnish

Instructions

  • Add 8 oz. of water to a jar and add one bag of tea. Allow the tea to infuse for 8 minutes.
  • Next, add the tea, gin, simple syrup, and orange bitters to a pitcher and add 1 cup of ice. Stir with a cocktail spoon until the liquid is cold.
    A hand uses a metal spoon to stir a dissolving purple effervescent tablet in a clear glass pitcher filled with water.
  • Pour the cocktail into 4 separate cocktail glasses, holding the ice back.
    A hand placing ice cubes into a cocktail glass filled with a clear drink, with more ice-filled glasses and lemon slices blurred in the background.
  • Add one full ice cube to each cocktail. Squeeze fresh lemon juice into each cocktail and watch as the cocktail turns from blue to pink.
    A hand placing a lemon slice on the rim of a pink cocktail garnished with mint in a stemmed glass.

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Notes

  • You can use your favorite herbal tea, but we highly recommend using blackberry, and raspberry hibiscus tea.
  • We used Grey Whale Gin. The higher quality gin you use, the better.

Nutrition

Calories: 218kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 0.1g | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g