So this summer in Germany is not as hot as last year’s (thankfully) but still hot enough to want some cold drinks other than water. And we were definitely not into going under the sun to the supermarket to buy drinks (and even less to get into the hot car to do so) so we took normal things we already had at home to make some nice – experimental beverages.
1. Watermelon – Orange – Basil
This one might sound odd but stay with me, it’s our favorite. The original version here was only Orange + Basil, which i know from my country and i kinda missed, unfortunately it was not enough to fill a glass and i added some watrmelon juice. NO.REGRETS ♥
We used no sugar but you can also add. Here the sugar for us was brought by the oranges. Also, the final color following this recipe is of a beatiful summer sunset.
Recipe:
2 Oranges
5 Big basil leafs
As much watermelon juice as you want.
1 cup of water
2. Watermelon – Cucumber
Another not-so-common mix but believe me it’s worth it.
For this one we used only Cucumber and Watermelon cause we wanted something refreshing and not so sweet.
This one might also taste great with honey, but the following recipe was ust perfect for a picnic by the beach on a really sunny day.
Recipe for a 500ml bottle:
1/6 of a watermelon
5 cucumber slices
1 cup of water
3. Watermelon – Lemon
Now a more safe mix: Watermelon lemonade with honey.
Every time we use lemon on a watery mix we try to use a bit of honey to avoid it being over acidic. This one is the easiest mix as you only need watermelon, lemon and some water, but let’s go to the recipe:
For this and the past 2 recipes literally mix everything in a blender and enjoy!
Recipe for a 500ml bottle:
1/6 of a watermelon
2 lemons (or limes)
1 cup of water
1 full tablespoon of raw honey
4. Classic Iced Tea
Another safe one! Here we made a tiny mistake and left the tea too long in hot water, so we reccomend that you leave it for just a couple of minutes (instead of like 10 as we did).
For this we used just hot water, one black tea bag and lemon so we think is one of the easiest to do as you might have all ingredients already.
Also it might taste better if you add honey or sugar.
Recipe:
1 black tea bag
1.5 cups of water (a cup is about 235ml)
1 lemon
Optional: 1 big tablespoon of sugar or honey
5. Green Tea + Honey
For green tea + honey the best is to add extra honey. Here we reccomend not going with sugar so all the mix remais as natural as possible (and so you get the best flavor out of the green tea). Truth is we are not into sweet green tea much, but the honey flavor here makes you feel like everything will be alright ♥
Recipe for 500ml:
1 green tea bag (with the possibility of chosing flavoured green tea if you need)
2 full tablespoons of honey
1.5 cups of water (1 cup is about 235ml)
you can also spice it up with a little ginger
6. Rose Hip – Lemon – Honey
This is probably the most difficult in ingredients to get so you can change the main the into any other red-fruit tea. Rose hip has different names in different languages. In German it is Hagebutte, in Spanish Escaramujo, Rosa Mosqueta or Rosa Canina. It is made with the buds, not with the flowers and gives a nice sweet taste to the mix.
Recipe:
1 tea bag of Rose Hip or any red fruit you can find
1 lemon
1.5 cups of water
1 big tablespoon of raw honey
For the tea mixes every time we speak of water it is the water you need to make the tea, not extra water 🙂