08.16.20 Guava-Mint Heat Wave Spritzer

As we are having a heat wave for the foreseeable future, it’s not a bad idea to find some easy ways to cool off. And, since I don’t have much in the way of new excitement to share from the garden today, I thought I’d harvest a couple of the recent, usual suspects; strawberry guavas and peppermint to make a spritzer. I used a morter and pestal to get as much essence from the main ingredients, then I strained them into sparkling water with a squeeze of lime and a couple of ice cubes. Technically, it should have white wine if it’s a spritzer but sparkling water cured the right way, is often better.