Dairy Free Chilled Cucumber Mint Lemonade
Cool, green, and impossibly refreshing, this cucumber mint lemonade is the kind of drink that makes a hot afternoon feel like a whole event. Fresh English cucumber is blended and strained into the pitcher, giving the lemonade a subtle vegetal sweetness that plays beautifully against bright lemon juice. A homemade mint simple syrup — steeped just long enough to turn fragrant and pale green — brings everything together with an herbal lift that no store-bought mix can replicate. Maple syrup stands in for refined sugar, adding a gentle depth without any heaviness. The whole thing gets chilled before serving, so every glass over ice is genuinely cold and cohesive rather than watery and rushed. Naturally free of any dairy, this is a crowd-pleasing pitcher drink that works for nearly any table, no substitutions required. Dress it up with a lemon slice and a sprig of mint, and it looks as good as it tastes.
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4 servings
For the mint simple syrup
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup maple syrup
- ½ cup fresh mint leaves, loosely packed
For the lemonade
- 1 medium english cucumber (about 10 oz), peeled and roughly chopped
- ¾ cup fresh lemon juice (from about 4–5 lemons)
- 2 cups cold water
For serving
- 2 cups ice cubes
- 4 thin lemon slices (optional)
- 4 fresh mint sprigs (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine the 1/2 cup water and maple syrup in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the maple syrup fully dissolves, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat, add the mint leaves, and let steep for 10 minutes, until the syrup is fragrant and pale green. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer into a small bowl or measuring cup, pressing the leaves to extract as much liquid as possible; discard the solids. Let the syrup cool to room temperature.
- 2
Place the chopped cucumber in a blender with 1/2 cup of the cold water and blend on high until completely smooth, about 30 seconds. Strain the cucumber purée through the fine-mesh strainer into a large pitcher, pressing firmly with a spoon to extract all the juice; discard the pulp.
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