Mushroom Free Cucumber-Basil Watermelon Agua Fresca
This refreshing blended drink is everything summer should taste like — sweet watermelon, cool cucumber, bright lime, and fragrant basil all swirled together into one gorgeous, jewel-toned pitcher drink. The combination sounds fancy but comes together in a blender in under a minute, making it one of the easiest crowd-pleasers you can pull off for a backyard gathering or a lazy afternoon on the porch. Straining the blended mixture through a fine-mesh sieve gives you a silky-smooth, restaurant-quality result without any pulpy texture getting in the way. A touch of honey and sea salt might seem like small additions, but they do serious work here — rounding out the sweetness and making every sip taste more alive. Because every single ingredient is a whole, fresh food, there's zero guesswork about what's actually in your glass, which is a genuine relief when you're navigating dietary restrictions and scanning labels for hidden additives. You can dial the sweetness and tartness up or down to your own taste before chilling, so it always comes out exactly right. Serve it over a big pile of ice with a sprig of basil on top and it looks as good as it tastes.
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4 servings
- 6 cups seedless watermelon, cut into 1-inch cubes (about ½ small watermelon)
- 1 medium english cucumber, peeled and roughly chopped
- ½ cup fresh basil leaves, loosely packed
- 3 tbsp fresh lime juice (from about 2 limes)
- 1–2 tbsp honey, or to taste
- ¼ tsp fine sea salt
- 1 cup cold water
For serving
- ice, for serving
- fresh basil sprigs or thin cucumber slices, for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Add the watermelon cubes, chopped cucumber, basil leaves, lime juice, honey, salt, and cold water 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 in batches, pressing gently on the solids with a spoon to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard the solids.
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