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Apfelschorle

Name: Apfelschorle
Total time: 3 min
Yield: Serves 1
Cuisine: Germany
Ingredients: 100ml Apple Juice; 100ml Sparkling Water; optional Ice; 1 slice (optional) Lemon

Drink

⏱ 3 min

👥 Serves 1

Difficulty ⭐

Apfelschorle — apple juice topped with sparkling water — is Germany’s favorite soft drink. Lightly sweet and refreshing, it goes well with meals.

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📖 The Story Behind This Drink

Germans prefer juice spritzed with sparkling water, called Schorle, to straight juice. Apple Schorle is a national favorite, the go-to for kids and designated drivers at restaurants and beer gardens, and it’s sold bottled in every supermarket.

🌆 Where it’s enjoyed: In a summer beer garden, the kids and drivers sip big glasses of Apfelschorle while the adults drink beer.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 1)

Apple Juice 100ml
Sparkling Water 100ml
Ice optional
Lemon 1 slice (optional)

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Chill the apple juice and sparkling water well.
Pour the apple juice into a glass.
Pour the sparkling water gently down the side of the glass so it doesn’t foam over.
Add ice and lemon if you like, and stir once.

💡 Tips for Success

Cloudy, not-from-concentrate apple juice tastes closest to the German original.
The standard ratio is 1:1. Use more sparkling water for a less sweet drink.
Germans use strongly carbonated mineral water (Sprudel). Made with grape juice, it’s Traubenschorle.

🍽 Goes Well With

Schweineschnitzel

Currywurst

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