Lemon Cucumber Mint Water is a flavore infused water that I want to share with you.
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The purpose of this series of infused waters is to remind us to drink water all day long.
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What is Lemon Cucumber Mint Water?
Lemon Mint Cucumber Water is a cold water infusion with these ingredients.
So the fresh ingredients are left in the cold water in a container such as a simple jar, bottle, glass, or a special fruit water infuser.
Over a period of a few hours, the water takes over the flavors of the fruits, herbs or in today's case a vegetable, the cucumber.
The result, water flavored with the ingredients.
I share more details about fruit-infused waters in my strawberry infused water post.
That is why you might have come across ready-made infused bottled water in your local supermarket.
Those might be convenient, however, making your own gives you at least the freedom to choose what you add to your infused water.
Moreover, try my Pineapple infused water, Mint water, lavender water and watermelon water.
Why drink Infused Waters?
Infused waters with fresh herbs, fruits, and vegetables, such as this lemon cucumber mint water, help you to stay hydrated.
Ingredients
Lemon or Lime can be used in this particular infused water.
Cucumber is known to rehydrate.
The humble vegetable consists of over 90% water, the bare look at a cucumber alone gives me a fresh feel!
Mint is a herb known to be very refreshing.
That is why the Mint is a popular herbal tea ingredient in many places all over the world.
Your flavored Cucumber Lemon water with mint will be your new best friend this summer.
Together, the lemon, Cucumber, and Mint make a powerful and perfectly suitable trio of ingredients for your infused water.
The cucumber lends the water a subtle, exciting flavor, which is great for a change!
How to make it?
Cucumber flavored water with mint and lemon is easily prepared, freshly at home.
Step 1
Slice your lemons, keep your fresh mint leaves ready ad slice your cucumber.
Step 2
Place all your fresh ingredients into a container and cover with fresh water and ice cubes.
Leave to infuse for as long as you like.
Step 3
Enjoy your infused water and refill and repeat the infusion process if you like for upto 2 more times.
Pick a container
Over the years, I came to the following conclusion regarding the best containers for me infused waters, such as the one with lemon-mint and cucumber.
You can prepare this infused water in a simple drinking glass, a pitcher, or a bottle.
Glass
The easiest way to prepare cucumber lemon water is to use a glass.
I usually don't like to do it this way because it involves leaving the glass with the ingredients and water in the fridge.
That means the glass is open, and your precious water will take in funky fridge smells, which is really not that nice.
So, if I plan on making a cucumber, lemon mint water in a glass, I will use mason jar glass which can be closed with a lid or even better, I use these small milk bottle look-alike glass (as seen in the pictures) because they are elongated and that way the ingredients infuse really well into the water.
Pitcher
Infusing Water in a pitcher works great if you plan to please a big crowd.
So, for example, you have your book club over or the neighbor's kids are going to hang out with your kids at the pool.
You get the picture.
When using a pitcher, get one which fits into a fridge.
My fridge is always stuffed with goodies, so I use something like a square pitcher, and it should be a solid glass pitcher.
Bottle
You get those Bottles with a filter at the core of the bottle and that's where you can add ingredients to infuse your water in the bottle.
Most probably you have come across these before, they come in all shapes, some are pitchers, others are portable gym bottles.
Those are useful if you intend to make infused waters more often than just once a week.
At the same time, you can take along a fruit infuser bottle to work, to college to the gym to the beach, on a hike etc.
You get the picture!
📖 Recipe
Fresh Lemon Cucumber Mint Water
Ingredients
For the infused water:
- Lemon or Lime, organic
- Cucumber
- Mint Leaves fresh
- Water
- Ice Cubes
Instructions
- Keep your glass/pitcher/bottle ready.
- Slice your clean lemon/lime.
- Cut your clean Cucumber lengthwise into thin slices.
- Make sure your Mint leaves are clean and washed.
- Place as many lemon/lime slices, mint leaves, and cucumber slices as you want into your glass/jar/bottle. The more you add the more flavorful your water will be. Just make sure that there is enough space to add water to infuse.
- Add Ice cubes and drinking water.
- Store in a cool place.
- You can enjoy the first round of homemade lemon cucumber mint water already after 30 minutes.
- Refill again up to 4 times max with fresh cool water and let the ingredients infuse each time again before enjoying the infused water.
Notes
- Use organic lemon or lime because we will use the whole fruit to infuse the water and we don't want pesticides in our beautiful water. The same goes for the mint and cucumber.
- Use mineral enhanced water to add more nutritious values to your water.
- Use a glass or jar such as a milk bottle glass jar so that you can close the glass too for hygienic reasons. You can also fill up a pitcher or a portable fruit bottle infuser so that you can take it along with you when you are out for the day.
Hey I put lime lemon cucumber and mint leaves, could I add a orange to it..
You can try adding an orange if you like the combination of flavors. Please use untreated (no pesticides) oranges if you intend to use them with the skin on.