Artificial Flavors Free Cucumber Mint Sparkling Cooler
This sparkling cooler is the kind of drink that looks like it came from a fancy café but comes together entirely from fresh produce and pantry staples you can actually pronounce. Every drop of flavor here is earned the honest way — cucumber blended and strained into silky liquid, mint steeped into a maple syrup that smells absolutely incredible, and bright lime juice tying it all together. No flavor packets, no mystery extracts, no synthetic sweeteners hiding in the fine print. The result is a clean, crisp, genuinely refreshing drink that tastes like summer in a glass. Homemade mint simple syrup is a small step that makes a huge difference, and once you see how easy it is to pull off, you'll want to put it in everything. Serve it over a big pile of ice with a few lime slices and extra mint, and it's instantly the most impressive thing on the table.
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4 servings
For the mint simple syrup
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup water
- ½ cup fresh mint leaves, loosely packed, plus more for garnish
For the cucumber base
- 1 medium english cucumber (about 12 oz), peeled and roughly chopped
- 3 tbsp fresh lime juice (from about 2 limes)
- 1 cup cold water
To finish
- 2 cups sparkling water, chilled
For serving
- ice cubes, for serving
- lime slices, for serving (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine the maple syrup and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the syrup dissolves, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat, add the mint leaves, and stir to submerge. Let steep for 20 minutes, then strain through a fine-mesh strainer into a small bowl, pressing the leaves to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard the spent mint. Let the syrup cool to room temperature.
- 2
Add the chopped cucumber and 1 cup cold water to a blender. Blend on high until completely smooth, about 30 seconds. Pour through the fine-mesh strainer into a pitcher, pressing the solids with the back of a spoon to extract all the liquid. Discard the solids.
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