Combine water, honey, pears, and lemon verbena in a large pot set over high heat. Bring to a boil, turn off the heat, remove and discard the lemon verbena, and cover the pot. Let the mixture cook to room temperature. Pur?e the mixture in a blender in batches and pass the pur?e through a strainer. Discard the contents of the strainer and whisk the lemon juice into the agua fresca.

Or: papaya and lime with 3 pounds papaya and juice if two limes. Boil, purée, strain.
Or: white peach and ginger with 2 1/2 pound white peaches (about 8 peaches) roughly chopped, 2-inch knob of ginger, sliced. Boil, cool, purée, strain