Pork Free Chilled Cucumber Mint Agua Fresca
This refreshing drink is everything you want on a warm day — cool, lightly sweet, and impossibly green-tasting in the best possible way. Fresh English cucumber blends with bright lime juice, maple syrup, and a generous handful of mint leaves to create something that feels fancy but comes together in minutes. Straining the blended mixture through a fine-mesh sieve gives you a silky, clean liquid that's miles ahead of anything you'd find in a bottle. The maple syrup adds just enough sweetness without overpowering the delicate cucumber and herb notes, and a pinch of salt quietly ties the whole thing together. Every single ingredient here is naturally free of any pork-derived additives or processing concerns, so you can serve it confidently at any gathering. Pour it over a tall glass of ice, tuck in a lime slice and a sprig of mint, and watch it disappear before you've even sat down.
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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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