
- Grapefruit base
- Advanced
- Best same day
Grapefruit Green Mint
A tart citrus-forward juice with grapefruit, spinach, cucumber, celery, and mint.
- Yield
- ~19–21 oz
- Prep
- 12 min
- Sweetness
- Low
- Drink by
- Same day
- Est. calories
- Included with Founding Lifetime
- Cost to make
- Included with Founding Lifetime
- Make-ahead
- Included with Founding Lifetime
- In season
- Included with Founding Lifetime
Ingredients
1 bottle · ~19–21 ozMethod · In press order
Press it in this order. Here's why.
- 1 large · peeled
Grapefruit
Base + yieldBase + yield · peeled
Builds most of the bottle and keeps the recipe easy to press.
- Press
- Start with grapefruit to build steady flow through the press.
- Buy
- Heavy for size with smooth, slightly springy skin.
- 1 large · trimmed
Cucumber
Volume + bodyVolume + body · trimmed
Adds juice volume and a mild, clean backbone for the stronger flavors.
- Press
- Press 1 large cucumber, then continue alternating textures.
- Buy
- Firm body with taut, deep-green skin.
- 3 stalks · trimmed
Celery
Volume + bodyVolume + body · trimmed
Adds juice volume and a mild, clean backbone for the stronger flavors.
- Press
- Press 3 stalks celery, then continue alternating textures.
- Buy
- Tight, upright bunches with crisp ribs that snap cleanly.
- 2 cups · rinsed
Spinach
Green structureGreen structure · rinsed
Adds a green flavor note and deeper color.
- Press
- Feed spinach between firmer produce to help carry the leaves through.
- Buy
- Vivid green leaves with no yellowing.
- 6 leaves · rinsed
Mint
Herbal finishHerbal finish · rinsed
Adds a clean top note without adding much volume.
- Press
- Tuck mint between higher-yield pieces instead of feeding it alone.
- Buy
- Bright, vivid green leaves.
The Week Planner scales these amounts and puts every bottle on one grocery list.
Fix and swap
Didn't come out right? Fix it.
- Too sweet
Add more cucumber or a squeeze of grapefruit to pull the bottle back toward crisp.
- Too sharp
Add a few cucumber pieces or a small apple wedge to soften the edge.
- No grapefruit?
Use orange. Keeps brightness with a slightly different citrus edge.
- No spinach?
Use romaine. Keeps the recipe usable with a small flavor shift.
- Too flat
- Too green
- Too watery
- No cucumber?
- No celery?
- No mint?
Ingredients
1 bottle · ~19–21 ozPlan this into a week
Make this bottle one, and we'll plan the rest of your week with one grocery list.
Plan my weekStorage
Leafy green juices are often most pleasant soon after pressing. For best flavor, enjoy the same day. Shake gently if it separates, keep it cold, and discard questionable juice.
Serving: Green-forward juices can be easier to enjoy with citrus, mild fruit, or cucumber for balance.
Yield, prep and calorie ranges are rough planning estimates. Calories come from the recipe's produce types, not a lab test, and everything varies with produce size, ripeness and your juicer. How to use these estimates. This website provides general recipe and nutrition education only and is not medical advice. Read the disclaimer.
Optional boosters
- Lime Brightenerup to 1 small limeAdds tart citrus balance when a recipe tastes too sweet or flat.
- Wheatgrass Green Shotup to 1 ozAdds a concentrated green flavor for advanced green-forward blends.
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12 min · ~11–13 ozCelery Citrus GreenA lower-sugar green juice with celery, cucumber, romaine, parsley, and lemon.
12 min · ~19–21 ozFennel Cucumber GrapefruitA crisp fennel juice with cucumber, grapefruit, and mint.




