Responding to our conversation about alternatives to the term mocktail, Rob in Wolcott, New York, reports on our Facebook group that he recently saw the term zero-proof drink to describe an alcohol-free beverage — a sophisticated cocktail of harissa and pomegranate. The recipe looks delicious! This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Zero-Proof Drink”
Following up on our conversation about a possible better term for mocktail, that is a drink that doesn’t have alcohol in it, we heard from Rob Keim from Walcott, New York.
And he noted that a food magazine he was perusing used the term zero-proof drink.
And Rob says that sounds a bit better and more grown up than virgin cocktail or mocktail.
What do you think, Grant?
Oh, I love it.
Zero proof.
So 100 proof is 50% alcohol.
And so zero proof is 0% alcohol.
But it sounds fancy.
Well, it does sound fancy.
And in fact, Rob posted to our Facebook group the article that he was reading that had that in it.
And it is a recipe for a harissa pomegranate cocktail.
I’ve got to share this with you, Grant, because it sounds amazing.
It includes cool Lapsang Souchong black tea, pomegranate juice, lemon juice, harissa simple syrup, rose water, pink peppercorns for garnish, and to give it a vegan-friendly froth, a half ounce of aquafaba, which I learned is liquid from canned chickpeas.
Oh, that would froth up nicely.
And so you get a little bit of a punch from the red peppercorns and the harissa.
And what was the first ingredient?
A cooled Lapsang chute.
And then the caffeine from the tea.
So it actually has a little bit of something for you, right?
It sounds like it’s got a lot.
I don’t know if zero proof applies to that.
Right.
That’s almost an energy drink.
But no alcohol.
