Lactose Free Chilled Cucumber Mint Agua Fresca

Few drinks are as instantly refreshing as a cold glass of cucumber agua fresca on a warm day, and this version is as clean and vibrant as it gets. Fresh English cucumber blends with bright lime juice, maple syrup, and a generous handful of mint, then gets strained into a silky, jewel-green drink that looks just as good as it tastes. Every single ingredient here is naturally free of dairy, so there's no swapping, substituting, or label-reading required — it's just whole, simple produce doing all the work. The maple syrup adds a gentle, rounded sweetness that plays beautifully against the tartness of fresh lime without tipping the drink into sugar-water territory. Straining the blended mixture through a fine-mesh sieve is the small step that takes this from a smoothie to a proper, restaurant-worthy agua fresca with a perfectly clear, light body. Served over ice with a lime slice and a sprig of mint, it's the kind of thing you'll want to keep a pitcher of in the fridge all week.

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