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Watermelon Juice Cooler

Three ingredients, no equipment beyond a blender, and the best thing to drink in real heat.

Prep
5 min
Serves
2
Glass
Highball
Difficulty
Easy

Ingredients

  • 4 cups cubed seedless watermelon, chilled
  • 1 oz fresh lime juice
  • Generous pinch of salt
  • Mint sprig and a lime wheel, to garnish
  • Ice

Method

  1. 1Blend the watermelon until completely smooth — no water needed, it's already 92% water.
  2. 2Strain if you want it clear; leave it if you don't mind the texture.
  3. 3Stir in the lime juice and salt.
  4. 4Pour over ice and garnish with mint and lime.

Notes

  • The salt is not optional. Without it this tastes like pink water; with it, it tastes intensely of watermelon.
  • Freeze watermelon cubes and blend them straight for a slushy version.
  • A few basil leaves in the blender is a genuinely good addition.

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  • Mint Lemonade

    Blended rather than muddled, which is what makes it green, cold and far more intense than the stirred version.

  • Cucumber Mint Cooler

    Clean, cold and barely sweet — the drink to make when everything else on offer is sugary.

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