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What is this Mint Water?
Mint water is basically water flavored with fresh mint leaves. The leaves are left in the water to infused them slowly.
The result is a subtly flavored minty water, which isn't overpowering.
These flavored waters are also known as infused waters, detox waters, or spa waters because they have been popularized by spas around the world.
I love these flavored waters because they are not sweet, and they help me to drink more when.
I have the habit since childhood of skipping drinking water and a flavored water, such as this mint water recipe, got me into drinking more water.
Besides, I don't like sweet sticky drinks. If you can relate to this, then this easy mint infused water recipe is all yours!
Ingredient Notes
- Mint Sprigs – Fresh, any mint plant type. I like to use Moroccan mint, but you can use other mint varieties too, such as peppermint, spearmint, hugo mint to just name a few.
- Water - cold, fresh.
- Ice Cubes (optional)
Process Overview
You don't need to boil the mint, as this would modify your mint flavors! Besides, I'd just call that a mint herbal tea. 🙂
Step 1
Clean your fresh mint. Separate the leaves from the stem and collect them in a bowl.
With a small kitchen scissor, roughly cut through the fresh mint leaves in the bowl. The water will get faster infused that way.
Step 2
Place the fresh leaves into a clean bottle or infuser insert for a bottle or infusion pitcher.
Pour cold water over the leaves in the bottle or pitcher, up to the rim. Close with a lid.
Step 3
Place the bottle or pitcher in a refrigerator and allow the water to get infused with minty flavors. You can leave it for as long as you like, or drink it straight away.
Pour mint flavored water into a glass with ice cubes and enjoy your cooling beverage.
📖 Recipe
Mint Infused Water Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ Cup Mint fresh, loose
- 1 Quart Water tap, mineral, or club soda
- Ice Cubes optional
Instructions
- Clean your mint leaves from impurities, insects, and pesticides. *See Notes.½ Cup Mint
- Separate leaves from stems, if that hasn't been done yet. Discard the stems.
- Place the leaves into a small bowl and roughly and briefly cut the mint with scissors. The water will infuse better that way.
- Put the leaves into your bottle or infuser insert and top up with water.1 Quart Water
- Close the bottle or jug with a lid and place it into your refrigerator to infuse.
- For the best result, infuse for at least 4 hours before enjoying it cooled with or without ice cubes.Ice Cubes
Notes
- You can choose to use any mint variety. That can be peppermint, spearmint, Moroccan mint, hugo mint, chocolate mint to just name a few ideas.
- Use loosely packed mint. ½ cup is about 12 grams or about ½ a bunch of mint.
- You may decide to use tap water, mineral water, club soda.
- You can enhance this recipe by adding more ingredients such as other herbs (basil, tulsi, rosemary, thyme, lemon balm) or by adding a few drops of freshly squeezed lemon or lime juice.
- The best way to clean fresh mint leaves, is to place the leaves in a bowl covered with fresh cold water. Add a dash of vinegar to that and mix it a bit. Leave to soak for a few minutes and then rinse your leaves. The vinegar, kills all insects if there are any and it removes impurities and pesticides. You can also use citric acid powder instead of vinegar to do this.
- Ice cubes are optional.
- The mint can be left in the bottle for up to 2 days, and it can be topped up again with fresh water 2–3 times. Don't reuse the leaves if you use an infuser insert because the leaves will get stuck and rot in between the holes.
Equipment
- 1 Wide-mouthed bottle or bottle infuser or infuser pitcher With or without infuser insert. Please see in the post “Storing” for more info.
- 1 Kitchen Scissors
Nutrition
Storing
You have the choice to make infused waters with special water infuser bottles or infuser pitchers.
While these might be convenient, they are not always the best option because the water infuser insert is hard to clean and small pieces of produce can get stuck in the small holes.
It's not the best hygienic option, and you'd have to buy new separate equipment.
I, personally, prefer placing my fresh and clean mint into a simple quart or liter large regular glass bottle or glass pitcher.
In the video and photos, I used a simple Borosilicate pitcher with a lid to infuse my water with fresh mint.
The downside of this is that the mint pieces can freely flow out with the infused water. You can fix that using a pitcher with a lid, which can filter mint leaves.
The same principle can be applied to portable glass bottles. That way you can take your homemade infused water to the pool, spa, gym, or yoga session.
Your mint infused water should be stored in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Uses
This water is great on hot summer days, as it helps you to cool down from within. But I also love mint infused waters in the winter months, when the humidity decreases in the heated rooms.
I frequently make a batch for us whenever we plan a day at a spa or at the sauna in Europe. The thirst during the exchange of heat and cold is best quenched with mint water!
You might have noticed that I'm not one for sweet drinks, and if you feel the same way, then you will love to infuse your own flavored waters at home.
I highly recommend trying it out with new additional flavored besides mint!
Tips
- Rinse your mint well to get rid of impurities and pesticides. I can recommend placing the fresh leaves into a bowl of fresh water with a dash of vinegar. The vinegar will get rid of all bad things, including insects, if you picked your mint from your herb garden.
- You can add other fresh herbs to your mint in the water, such as basil, thyme, rosemary, or lemon balm. Another idea is to pour a few drops of lime or lemon juice into the water.
- Club soda water, or mineral water, can be used instead of tap water.
- Paul likes to add a pack of electrolytes or salt to his infused mint water in the hot summer months. It changes the flavor a bit and adds essential minerals, which you need to replenish when you perspire.
- Adding ice cubes is very optional. I tend to skip them because I don't like my water too cold.
- Once empty, the bottle, with the mint in it, can be refilled with fresh water. You can do that for up to 3 times, if you drink it up within 2 days. Thereafter, discard, the mint, clean your bottle well and start fresh from anew.
- Making your own mint infused water is a frugal budget-friendly option. It's simple enough, and you get to decide what's in it. Store-bought waters can be unnecessary expensive compared to homemade spa waters.
FAQs
If you use a simple bottle or pitcher, you can leave the mint leaves in for up to 2 days, if stored in a fridge. If you use a bottle infuser insert, clean it out every day because bacteria can form in the crevasses and that's a health hazard.
There is no harm in drinking adequate quantities of mint water daily, even if you are pregnant or on some medication. If you have experienced adverse effects in the past with mint, consult your physician.
Yes, you can, and I recommend that you do this if you intend to take your water to your day job. You can strain the water in the morning and pour it into a bottle to take to work.
Mint cools you from within. It stimulates your digestion.
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