For hot summer days and when you have company over, try this recipe for delicious and incredibly nutritious infused water.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Additional Time: | 2 days |
| Total Time: | 2 days 10 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 2 quarts |
Ingredients
- 2 quarts water
- 1 lemon sliced, or as desired
- 2 limes, sliced, or as desired
- ½ cup mint leaves
- ½ cup sliced cucumber, or as desired
Instructions
- Pour water into a pitcher.
- Mix lemon slices, lime slices, mint leaves, and cucumber together in a bowl; add to water and stir.
- Refrigerate water mixture, stirring 1 time per day, until flavors have infused, 2 to 3 days.
- If serving kids, strain out the leaves, fruits, and cucumbers.
- You can use any citrus fruits instead of lemon and lime.
Reviews
Its pretty good I used a whole box of mint leaves and 3 vs 2 limes and 1 lemon. Ironically you mostly taste the cucumber.
This came out waaay to BITTER for me. We could not drink it at all.
Three to four days was way too long to infuse this. It was so bitter we couldn’t drink it at all. I read that you should cut off the lemon and lime rinds if infusing it for that long. This was my first time infusing water and wish I had known about the rinds before I wasted all those ingredients.
When I made it it was bitter
Made as listed and loved it. Taste just like the water you get at the spa! Very refreshing. Have been making it regularly and will continue to do so throughout the summer
made this in an infusion pitcher and it tastes great
I really like this, I left the mint out personally. Great alternative than sugary drinks, when making this recipe try letting it sit for a couple hours. This ensures a little more flavor. I for one used two lemons. All in all, wonderful recipe that can be mixed and matched.
This is a refreshing and healthy detox water. I followed this recipe as written and using the optional cucumber. Normally, I will also add an orange. This was the Buzz Recipe Group selection for July 25, 2015.
Made for Recipe Group. I liked it, but a little too much mint for me. Love the lemon, lime, and cucumbers though. Thanks for the recipe!
Made for Recipe Group. I liked it, but a little too much mint for me. Love the lemon, lime, and cucumbers though. Thanks for the recipe!
Made this for Recipe Group…So refreshing and delicious! I used the optional cucumber. This is the perfect summer drink~YUM! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Add a teaspoon of shaved ginger for an extra refreshing taste:)
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Added oranges and it tatse great…
Loved it! This is a great way to convince your kids to drink more water. No sugar, no chemicals and they get to choose their flavours and the amounts of each. Thank you for the recipe.
we love this…..we do add the cucumber.
Very refreshing on a hot day! I find these infused waters that have citrus in them to be slightly on the bitter side, which we don’t mind at all. My husband LOVED this, and asked me to keep a pitcher of this in the fridge all summer.