Summer gatherings · Alcohol-free
Watermelon Lime Cooler recipe.
Watermelon juice and lemonade form a bright pink summer base, while soda water keeps it from drinking like a thick juice. Mint and lime wheels are garnishes here; the lemonade supplies the measured citrus component.
10 minutes · 12 × 8 fl oz servings · Zero alcohol
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For one party batch
Ingredients
- 4.8 cups Watermelon juice
- 4.8 cups Lemonade
- 2.4 cups Soda water
Optional: Mint sprigs and lime wheels.
Makes 12 cups before ice and garnish. Serve ice in the glasses to avoid diluting the bowl.
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Mix it well
How to make it
Prepare smooth watermelon juice
If making juice from fruit, remove the rind, blend the flesh and strain out seeds and excess pulp. Measure the juice after straining, not the watermelon chunks.
Mix with lemonade
Stir cold watermelon juice and prepared lemonade together. The recipe calls for ready-to-drink lemonade, not frozen concentrate or straight lemon juice.
Refresh and garnish
Add chilled soda water just before serving. Lightly clap a mint sprig between your hands for aroma and add it with lime wheels to the serving glasses. Pour the cooler over ice.
Serving notes
Watermelon juice separates as it sits. Stir the juice base before adding soda water, then use a gentle fold after carbonation is added.
Make ahead
Blend and strain the watermelon, then refrigerate it in a covered container. Combine with lemonade before the party and add the soda water, mint and lime at serving time.
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