Functional mocktails made with herbs (adaptogens, nervines, nootropics) instead of alcohol

Cocktails without the consequences? Yes, please. These aren't your average mocktails. These are functional drinks made with adaptogens, nervines, and nootropics instead of alcohol. Plants that actually do something ~ help you relax, elevate your mood, support your nervous system - without impairing your judgment or leaving you foggy the next day.

We took four classic cocktails and gave them a plant-powered upgrade. The Cosmopolitan becomes Cosmic. The Margarita becomes Altarita (one of our signature drinks). The Mojito flows into the Flowjito. And the Whiskey Sour gets frisky.

Same ritual. Same sophistication. Different results. Plants are not alternative medicine, they're the original. And these recipes prove you don't need alcohol to make a drink that tastes incredible and makes you feel good.

Here's how to make them:

1. Cosmic Cosmo

A cosmopolitan made magical by replacing Citron and Cointreau with plants that help take the edge off while keeping you edgy. 

Recipe
3 oz cranberry juice
2 ml Long Rhode and/or Lucid
½ oz lime juice

Ritual
Shake vigorously with small scoop ice for at least 20-30 seconds. Thank the plants, pour through a strainer into a cocktail glass and garnish with citrus or cranberries.

Optional: add a splash sparkling water to lighten flavor. Splash tonic to deepen. 

2. Altarita

Margs made magical. This is one of our signature drinks, it's a total crowd pleaser and on the menu at almost every event we ever catered. The original recipe calls for Altared, our kava + damiana blend, since the lime does a great job of masking kava's earthy taste. Also, a fun fact is that fermented damiana was the liqueur used in the original margarita. So it's very apropos. However, you can use any Altar Native blend for this one. 

Recipe
1 oz lime juice
2 ml Altared (or any blend)
3 oz water
½ oz agave syrup

Ritual
Shake with ice. Thank the plants, pour and garnish with lime.
Optional: add a splash sparkling water to lighten flavor.

 

3. Flowjito

Mojito made magical. We gave this Cuban classic a healthy twist by switching simple syrup for honey and rum for rhodiola + shisandra. This is another drink that can be made with any Altar Native herbal alcohol alternative.  

Recipe
1 oz lime juice 
1 oz honey syrup
2 ml Long Rhode (or any Altar Native blend)
10-12 fresh mint leaves
1 lime wedge 
4 oz club soda

Ritual
Add all ingredients except club soda to a glass and muddle (mash) it all together, making sure to bruise the mint leaves without shredding them to bits. Thank the plants, pour in the club soda, and garnish with lime wedge or mint stalk, if desired. 

 

4. Frisky Sour

Taking a Whisky Sour to knew realms by using kanna + damiana instead. Our original recipe calls for water, but you can use a whiskey alternative (Ritual Zero Proof, Spiritless Kentucky 74, or Lyre's American Malt are popular options). Btw, damiana is known as an aphrodisiac, so no Whiskey d*ck with this one ;) 

Recipe
½ oz fresh lemon juice
½ oz honey syrup 
2 ml Ecstatic (or any blend)
2 oz water (or non-alcoholic whiskey alternative)

Ritual

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with a light scoop of ice and shake. Thank the plants and pour. Garnish with an orange slice, lemon wheel, or cherry. 

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These drinks work with any of our Altar Native blends, so mix and match based on how you want to feel.

Want to stay energized and social? Try Long Rhode in your Flowjito. 

Need to wind down? Lucid in the Cosmic Cosmo will help you chill out and tap in. 

Looking for mood support and heart-opening vibes? Ecstatic in the Frisky Sour (fun fact: damiana is known as an aphrodisiac, so prepare for the opposite of whiskey d*ck).

The beauty of functional mocktails is that you get flavor, feeling, and function. No hangover. No brain fog. No waking up anxious wondering what you said last night. Just presence, pleasure, and plants doing what they've done for thousands of years.

Ready to make your own? →  Shop our blends

And if you want to learn more about the plants we use and why they work, check out our Herbalist's Lexicon or read about the Kava Drama.

 

in peace + purpose, 

Yas ☾