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Watermelon-Cucumber Lime Agua Fresca with Sparkle

Juicy watermelon and crisp cucumber blended with tart lime, strained silky smooth and topped with fizzy sparkling water for a bright, bubbly finish.

Watermelon-Cucumber Lime Agua Fresca with Sparkle

Ingredients

  • 2 cups diced300 gWatermelonseeded and cubed
  • 2 cups sliced200 gCucumberpeeled and chopped
  • ½ cup120 gWatercold
  • 2½ tbsp35 gLime juice
  • 1½ tsp10 gMaple syrup
  • a pinch0.3 gSalta small pinch
  • 1 cup (240 ml)240 gSparkling water (club soda)chilled

Steps

  1. Prepare the fruit first: cube the watermelon, removing any seeds, and peel and chop the cucumber. Keep the sparkling water (club soda) in the fridge until serving.
  2. Put the watermelon, cucumber, cold water, lime juice, maple syrup and salt in a blender and blend until completely smooth, about 1 minute.
  3. Pour the blend through a fine-mesh strainer into a pitcher, pressing gently on the pulp; discard the pulp.
  4. Fill two glasses with ice and divide the strained agua fresca between them, half in each.
  5. Top each glass with half of the chilled sparkling water (club soda), stir gently and serve right away.

Allergens: none of the nine major allergens in the ingredients as written.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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