Watermelon water {with honey}

Watermelon juice is refreshing and it is the perfect agua fresca when you have leftover watermelon. The part that needs some trial and error is how much water to add. Just start with a splash of water, not too much, just enough to make some juice. Then, since watermelon is sweet enough, taste first and decide if you need a touch of honey or sugar. This is a three steps process.

Growing up every lunch included a pitcher of fresh homemade juice or agua fresca. You gather any fruit you have and blend until you get juice, you taste, and then add water. You taste again and add some sugar or sweetness.

This process can be repeated with any fruit but there are some differences depending on your fruit. You will need to decide how much water is needed, if you need to strain some pulp or not, and if you need to add sugar or not.

How to make agua fresca

For example, here are two cups of cubed watermelon.

I added 1/2 cup of water for these 2 cups of watermelon and blended. Adding this amount of water it is all it needed to make this fresh juice. It had some fresh pieces of pulp and it was a thin juice.

If you add too much water then it is like drinking a wash down juice with no flavor and if you don’t add enough water then you have a smoothie.

In this case, we are making agua fresca watermelon juice.

Watermelon water when is hot is a great idea. My son also does the same. He prepares it with water, chunks of watermelon without the seeds, blends it and sweetens with honey.

Give it a try and follow the three steps process to make any juice agua fresca.

By the way, don’t you love that red color of watermelon? Watermelon is an excellent source of vitamin C and it has potassium, magnesium, vitamin B6, phosphorous, and vitamin A.

This is another way to eat healthy. Salud.

Yield: 2 cups

Watermelon Juice

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Easy agua fresca or watermelon juice.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 cups cubed watermelon
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 1 teaspoon honey (optional)

Instructions

1. Blend watermelon and taste.
2. If water is needed, add and blend. Taste one more.
3. Add honey if needed and blend one last time. Enjoy.