Almond Free Watermelon Mint Agua Fresca

Total time10 min

Prep time10 min

Cook time0 min

4.5

(21)

Few drinks capture the feeling of a hot afternoon quite like a cold glass of agua fresca, and this watermelon version is genuinely hard to beat. Ripe watermelon gets blended with fresh mint, bright lime juice, a touch of honey, and a pinch of sea salt before being strained into a silky, jewel-toned drink that looks as good as it tastes. The mint adds a cool, herbal lift that keeps it from being one-note sweet, while the lime juice brings just enough tartness to make every sip refreshing. Straining the blended mixture through a fine-mesh sieve is the small step that takes it from smoothie territory to something genuinely elegant. Everything in this recipe is naturally free from tree nuts, so there's no label-reading or substitution stress — just clean, whole ingredients doing exactly what they're supposed to do. Serve it over a big pile of ice with a sprig of mint and a lime wedge on the rim, and it's instantly the most popular thing on the table.

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Ingredients

4 servings

6 cups seedless watermelon, cut into 1-inch cubes (about ½ small watermelon)
¼ cup fresh mint leaves, loosely packed
3 tbsp fresh lime juice (about 2 limes)
1 tbsp honey
1 cup cold water
⅛ tsp fine sea salt

For serving

ice, for serving
fresh mint sprigs, for serving (optional)
lime wedges, for serving (optional)

Instructions

1
Add the watermelon cubes, mint leaves, lime juice, honey, cold water, and sea salt to a blender. Blend on high until completely smooth, about 30–45 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 solids.

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