Barley Free Classic Pineapple Agua Fresca
This refreshing Mexican-style drink is sunshine in a glass — sweet, tangy, and impossibly easy to make from scratch. Fresh pineapple gets blended with cold water, a squeeze of lime, and just a pinch of salt that somehow makes every sip taste more alive. Straining the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve gives you that perfectly smooth, restaurant-quality texture without any fibrous bits getting in the way. For anyone navigating grain sensitivities, this is the kind of drink that requires zero label-reading stress — every ingredient is whole and straightforward, nothing hidden. Served over ice with a sprig of fresh mint, it's the ideal thing to set out at a backyard gathering or sip solo on a hot afternoon. The lime juice keeps the flavor bright rather than cloying, so it never tips into dessert territory.
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4 servings
- 4 cups fresh pineapple chunks (from about ½ medium pineapple), core removed
- 3 cups cold water
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar, or more to taste
- 2 tbsp fresh lime juice (from about 1 lime)
- ¼ tsp salt
For serving
- ice, for serving
- fresh mint sprigs, for serving (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Add the pineapple chunks, cold water, sugar, lime juice, 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 a spoon to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard the pulp.
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