Watermelon Lime Sparkling Punch (Print page)

A refreshing blend of watermelon, lime, mint, and sparkling water with a touch of sweetness.

# What You Need:

→ Fruits

01 - 5 cups seedless watermelon, diced
02 - 2 limes, juiced, plus extra lime slices for garnish
03 - 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves, plus extra for garnish

→ Sweetener

04 - 2 tablespoons agave syrup

→ Liquids

05 - 2 cups cold sparkling water
06 - 1 cup cold club soda
07 - 1 cup ice cubes

# Directions:

01 - Combine diced watermelon, lime juice, mint leaves, and agave syrup in a blender. Blend until smooth.
02 - Pour the blended mixture through a fine mesh sieve into a large pitcher to remove pulp, pressing firmly to extract maximum liquid.
03 - Pour sparkling water and club soda into the pitcher with the strained juice. Stir gently to combine.
04 - Add ice cubes to the pitcher and stir again thoroughly.
05 - Taste the punch and adjust sweetness as needed by adding additional agave syrup if desired.
06 - Pour immediately into serving glasses and garnish with fresh lime slices and mint leaves.

# Expert Advice:

01 -
  • It tastes like summer tastes, bright and clean and somehow both refreshing and naturally sweet without tasting artificial.
  • You can literally make it in fifteen minutes with zero cooking, which means more time actually enjoying your gathering.
  • The recipe bends easily—add vodka when you need it to, dial the sweetness up or down, even shift the color with cranberry juice if the mood strikes.
02 -
  • Strain this punch even if you think you don't need to—that pulp will settle at the bottom and cloud up the whole pitcher within an hour, which looks less elegant and tastes grainier than you'd want.
  • Add the sparkling water just before serving, not hours ahead, because carbonation slowly escapes and you'll end up with flat, sad punch instead of the vibrant thing you started with.
03 -
  • The watermelon should be cold when you blend it, so either buy one that's been sitting in a cooler or cut and chill it ahead, because warm watermelon and blender friction will warm up your entire batch.
  • Taste the watermelon before you commit to it—a bad watermelon won't be saved by any amount of lime or mint, so trust your instinct and get a different one if the first bite doesn't convince you.
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