Eight 12 ounce cans of Chilled Lime flavor DASANI® Sparkling water
Loads of ice cubes
For Apple Pie simple syrup
6medium sized apples peeledcored and cubed
4cupsor more water
¼cupfreshly squeezed lemon juice
4tablespoonssugar
½teaspoonsalt
1cinnamon stick
1star aniseoptional
pinchof Nutmeg
For glass rim
¼cupbrown sugar
½teaspooncinnamon powder
Lemon wedge
For garnish
Sliced lemons
Cinnamon sticks
Chopped fresh apples
Apple slicesoptional
Pomegranate pearlsoptional
Instructions
In a wide saucepan combine all syrup ingredients.
Cover and simmer on medium heat for 25 minutes until tender.
Once cooled , discard the spices and blend the mixture until smooth.
Pass it through a sieve if desired.
Rimming the glass
In a small plate mix sugar and cinnamon powder.
Rub the rim of every high ball glass with lemon wedge.
Now invert or roll the top of glass in the cinnamon sugar.
For Assembly .
Pour in 4 oz of syrup in the glass.
Add in 3-4 ice cubes
Add in 1-2 lemon slices .
Fill the glass with chilled DASANI® Sparkling water.
Top it with cubed apples and pomegranate .
Add extra apple slices if desired.
Notes
Add some more water to adjust syrup like consistency The syrup can be made up to 3 days ahead of time. Refrigerate until use. Increase sugar if apples aren’t sweet. Double or triple up the batch for large crowd . Tip for keeping apples from turning brown - Toss cut apples in lemon juice and place them in a ziplock bag taking off as much air as you can. Refrigerate up to 1 day in advance. Just before adding to the drink , rinse the apples well if you don’t like them tart.