Cashew Free Cucumber-Basil Salty Mint Lemonade Soda
This drink is the kind of thing you make once and immediately want every single day of summer. Fresh cucumber gets muddled down to pure juice, then layered with a honey-herb syrup steeped in real basil and mint leaves — the result is floral, cooling, and just a little salty in the best possible way. That pinch of sea salt is the secret weapon here, rounding out the brightness of the lemon and making every sip taste more alive. The whole thing comes together with sparkling water and ice, so it's light and effervescent without being overly sweet. Because every ingredient is a whole, recognizable food — fresh herbs, cucumber, lemon, honey — there's zero guesswork about what's actually in your glass. No store-bought syrups, no mystery additives, just clean flavors you built yourself from scratch. Garnish with a cucumber ribbon and a sprig of mint and it looks like something you'd pay twelve dollars for at a rooftop bar.
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2 servings
For the honey syrup
- 3 tbsp honey
- 3 tbsp water
- ¼ cup fresh basil leaves, loosely packed
- ¼ cup fresh mint leaves, loosely packed
For the drink
- ½ cup cucumber, peeled and roughly chopped
- 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice (from about 1 ½ lemons)
- ¼ tsp fine sea salt
- 2 cups sparkling water, chilled
- 1 cup ice cubes
For serving
- 2 thin cucumber slices, for garnish (optional)
- 2 small fresh basil or mint sprigs, for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine the honey and water in a small saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring until the honey fully dissolves, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat, add the basil and mint leaves, and stir to submerge them.
- 2
Let the herb syrup steep off the heat for 10 minutes, until fragrant and lightly tinted green.
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