Watermelon Agua Fresca

Name: Watermelon Agua Fresca
Total time: 600 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 250 grams melon cut into chunks; Simple sugar syrup; 100 ml water; Few drops of lemon/lime juice; Peppermint essence-optional

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Nyandarua

Watermelon infused water perfect for the sunny days

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Nyandarua

Watermelon infused water perfect for the sunny days

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Ingredients

10 minutes

2 servings

250 gramsmelon cut into chunks
Simple sugar syrup
100 mlwater
Few drops of lemon/lime juice
Peppermint essence-optional

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Steps

10 minutes

1

Prepare your sugar syrup by mixing equal parts of water and sugar. Taste your melon and determine how much sugar you will need to sweeten your solution. Let it cool
2

Blend your melon with the 100 ml of water. You can freeze it beforehand. Sieve since we do not need the pulp and seeds
3

Mine yielded about 11/4 cups
4

Add your sugar syrup, peppermint essence,and a few drops of lemon/lime juice.
5

Serve it immediately or chill it. You can serve in a tall glass with ice cubes.
6

Adjust recipe to suit number of people being served.