Paraben Free Chilled Cucumber Mint Agua Fresca
Few drinks are as instantly refreshing as a well-made agua fresca, and this cucumber-mint version is the kind of thing you'll want to keep in your fridge all summer long. Fresh English cucumbers bring a clean, cooling flavor that pairs beautifully with bright lime juice and a gentle sweetness from maple syrup — no refined syrups or artificial additives in sight. For anyone navigating ingredient sensitivities around preservatives and synthetic compounds, blending your own drinks from whole, recognizable ingredients is one of the easiest wins you can score in the kitchen. Everything here is straightforward and plant-based: cucumber, mint, lime, maple syrup, salt, and water — nothing hidden, nothing processed. The blending and straining process takes just minutes, and the result is a silky, jewel-toned drink that looks far more impressive than the effort involved. Served over ice with a sprig of fresh mint and a lime wheel, it's genuinely gorgeous for entertaining or just a quiet afternoon on the porch. Once you taste how good homemade can be, store-bought drinks with their long ingredient lists will be very hard to go back to.
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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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