Watermelon Water

Watermelon water is really refreshing, with a taste of pure melon! Much like an agua fresca, it’s a simple mix of water and fruit.

Here’s a drink so refreshing it immediately made it to the top of our summer drink list. try that watermelon water! It’s like a mexican fresh water: Fruit mixed with water and a touch of sweetness. As soon as you take an icy sip, you will be amazed! (At least I was when Alex handed me a frosty glass of this stuff.) The beautiful nuanced sweetness of watermelon, lime juice, and water absolutely turns heads magic. This one is on a loop here.

Ingredients watermelon water

This watermelon water only requires a few ingredients and takes less than 5 minutes to mix. The consistency is thicker than water and a little frothy, adding to the refreshing charm. It’s not infused water because, like strawberry water, it’s difficult to add enough flavor to any fruit other than citrus. It’s more of a cross between an Aqua Fresca watermelon and a watermelon juice: slightly more diluted than the juice and slightly sweet. Here are the ingredients you need to make this delicious drink:

• ripe watermelon
• Sugar
• lime juice
• Ice

All you have to do is shuffle them all together! No effort required.

Adjust the softness as desired

Watermelon water is lightly sweetened to perfection (we think so!). In fact, it’s sweet enough that you can even cut the sugar in half and it still tastes delicious. Here are some notes about the sweetener:

• Use 1 tablespoon sugar, then taste, increasing to 2 if desired. This depends on the ripeness of your watermelon. We liked both variants: They almost taste like different drinks.
• Want a natural sweetener? Try it with maple syrup, honey or agave syrup. There’s no maple flavor to be found in the syrup: it sweetens drinks well (we even use it in cocktails instead of plain syrup).

Use only the ripest watermelon

It goes without saying, but please only prepare this watermelon water when this fruit is in season! Have you ever tasted an unripe melon? (We have.) It’s tart and tasteless: and you definitely don’t want to use it in drinks! Here’s what to look for in store:

• Shop during watermelon season. Out of season we could not find a good melon. It’s just not worth it!
• Look for the plot point. Look for a lighter spot where the watermelon has been resting in the field: this is called a field spot. If the spot on the field is white, it’s not ripe; if the spot is yellow, it is ripe.

Why drink watermelon water?

Well, you get all the benefits of this delicious melon! Of course, this watermelon water is a little sweet, so you’re consuming a little sugar at the same time. But here are some of the benefits of eating watermelon:

• Grew up in lycopene, an antioxidant that studies have shown may help reduce your risk of cancer and diabetes as part of a healthy lifestyle. Watermelon contains more lycopene than any other fruit or vegetable!
• Grew up in Vitamin A, Vitamin C and Potassium.
• Full of water, so it’s very moisturizing.
• A very low calorie foodand of course cute.

(Source WebMD: Health Benefits of Watermelon)

More watermelon drinks

There are so many delicious ways to mix melons into drinks! In fact, it’s one of the most popular fruits for summer drinks. Here are our top healthy non-alcoholic watermelon drinks and cocktails:

This recipe for watermelon water is…

Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free and gluten-free.