 Welcome to Drinks Made Easy. Today we're taking a look at a non-alcoholic soda that you can make at home that isn't a generic flavor. Now, maybe you're doing sober January, maybe you're taking a little time off drinking, maybe you can't drink for a number of reasons, or maybe you're not old enough yet to drink. We have a perfect soda for you, the pomegranate grapefruit soda. And if you haven't already subscribed, why don't you go ahead and do that right now, because you never know what we might release next week and you don't want to miss out. The first thing we need to do is make our syrup. So into a medium sauce pan, we'll add one cup of sugar, half a cup of either pink or red grapefruit juice, whatever your preference is, and half a cup of pomegranate juice. Next, we'll add two pods of star anise and sometimes the pods can break up, so if you don't have two perfect pods, don't worry about it. Just make sure you have the equivalent of two pods. Over medium heat, we're going to bring this to a boil, allow it to boil for one minute, and then remove it from the heat and allow it to cool. This should take about 30 minutes, after which we will strain it, but it's important to allow it to cool for that full 30 minutes, because we're still extracting a lot of flavor using the heat. Once you've extracted the solids, you've got your syrup. And now to make the soda, we're going to start with an ounce and a half of our syrup into an eight ounce glass full of ice. Now, if you're using a glass that's larger or smaller than eight ounces, just adjust accordingly, and then top that off with some soda water. Now, at this point, you could start to integrate the syrup and the soda water, but the ombré looks really nice, and you can just give it to your guests in this way and let them start and have a little fun integrating the flavors. Add a garnish of grapefruit, a couple of pomegranate seeds, and there you have the pomegranate grapefruit soda. This is really nice. It's not quite as sweet as a standard soda would be, which I really like. I tend to prefer things that are a little bit drier, and you can pick out both the flavors of grapefruit and pomegranate, which is nice. And also, best of all, I think this would hold up really well to some gin if you're not looking for a non-alcoholic soda, but that's probably not why you're watching the video. But it's always good to keep in your back pocket.