Carrageenan Free Kiwi Lime Agua Fresca
This blended kiwi and lime drink is the kind of thing you'll want to make on repeat all summer long — it's bright, refreshing, and just sweet enough to feel like a treat without being cloying. Many store-bought fruit drinks and flavored waters sneak in thickeners and stabilizers that people avoiding carrageenan have to watch out for, but this one is made entirely from whole fruit, fresh citrus, maple syrup, and water. The kiwis get blended smooth and then strained through a fine-mesh sieve, giving you a beautifully clear, silky drink with no additives whatsoever. A pinch of salt rounds out the flavor in a way that's subtle but surprisingly effective. Lime juice keeps everything tasting vivid and alive, and the maple syrup adds a gentle sweetness that plays really nicely with the tartness of the kiwi. Serve it over ice with a few garnishes and it looks like something you'd pay way too much for at a juice bar.
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4 servings
- 8 medium kiwis (about 700 g), peeled and roughly chopped
- 3 cups cold water
- 3 tbsp fresh lime juice (from about 2 limes)
- 3 tbsp maple syrup, or more to taste
- ⅛ tsp fine salt
For serving
- ice, for serving
- lime slices or kiwi rounds, for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Add the chopped kiwi and cold water to a blender. Blend on high until completely smooth, about 45 seconds.
- 2
Set a fine-mesh strainer over a large pitcher. Pour the blended kiwi 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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