High Fructose Corn Syrup Free Chilled Cucumber Mint Agua Fresca
This refreshing drink is everything you want on a warm day — cool, lightly sweet, and bright with fresh lime and mint. Cucumber brings a clean, hydrating base that blends beautifully with the herbal lift of fresh mint leaves and the citrusy punch of real lime juice. The sweetness here comes entirely from maple syrup, which means none of the processed corn-derived sweeteners that sneak into so many bottled drinks and store-bought agua frescas. Blending everything together and straining it through a fine-mesh sieve gives you a silky, restaurant-quality drink without any fuss. A quick chill in the fridge lets the flavors meld before you pour it over ice, making each glass taste genuinely refreshing rather than flat or watery. It's the kind of drink that looks impressive with a lime slice and a sprig of mint on the rim, but the whole process is surprisingly simple and deeply satisfying to make at home.
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4 servings
- 2 large english cucumbers (about 24 oz total), peeled and roughly chopped
- 2 cups cold water
- ¼ cup fresh lime juice (from about 2 limes)
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
- ½ cup fresh mint leaves, loosely packed
- ¼ tsp fine salt
For serving
- 3 cups ice cubes, for serving
- 4 thin lime slices (optional)
- 4 small fresh mint sprigs (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Add the chopped cucumber, cold water, lime juice, maple syrup, mint leaves, and salt to a blender. Blend on high until completely smooth, about 45–60 seconds.
- 2
Set a fine-mesh strainer over a large pitcher. Pour the blended mixture through the strainer, pressing gently on the solids with the back of a spoon to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard the solids.
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