How to Make Agua Fresca: an Authentic Recipe

This Agua Fresca recipe has been updated on June 2019 to include new photography.

My recipe for Agua Fresca de Melon is made using cantaloupe, sweetened condensed milk, and water.  Although I use sweetened condensed milk for this recipe, other alternate sweeteners can be used.  In addition to Agua Fresca de Melon, some of my other favorites include agua de tamarindo, horchata, sandía, and limón.

Agua Fresca de Melon is the perfect summer mocktail!

If you are not familiar with aguas frescas, they are refreshing non-alcoholic beverages that are extremely popular in Mexico.  During my travels to Mexico, it was quite common to come across agua fresca vendors at every block.  The delicious drinks are made from one or more fruits, cereals, flowers, or seeds and are blended with water, sugar, condensed milk, or other sweeteners.

Agua Fresca de Melon makes a wonderful summer mocktail!  The refreshing drink is perfect for summer soirées, picnics, and birthday parties.

Let’s get to the recipe on how to make agua fresca!

How to Make Agua Fresca de Melon

Cantaloupe Agua Fresca Recipe

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Prep Time 30 mins

Ingredients

  

• 3 cantaloupes
• 28 oz sweetened condensed milk If you prefer to use sugar, use 2-3 cups for this recipe to achieve your desired level of sweetness.
• 8 cups chilled water
• 2 cups ice optional

Instructions

 

• Wash cantaloupes. Cut off the rind. Cut the cantaloupes in half, remove seeds, and dice into bite sized pieces.
• Optional: reserve 1 cup of cantaloupe bite sized pieces to use as garnish.
• Using a blender, blend 2-3 cups of diced cantaloupe, 1/4 of the condensed milk, and two cups of chilled water.
• Once the three items are fully blended, strain the agua fresca into a pitcher to remove the excess pulp. Discard the excess pulp.
• Repeat steps 3 and 4 until all ingredients have been fully blended.
• Pour the agua fresca into a pretty pitcher or carafe. If you do not drink the agua fresca immediately, refrigerate.
• Serve the agua fresca in clear drink glasses to show off its beautiful hue. Add a couple of ice cubes and bite size pieces of cantaloupe into each glass. Mint is also a lovely garnish that can be used. Enjoy your agua fresca de melon!

Agua Fresca de Melon

Tools used for this Agua Fresca de Melon recipe

1 cutting board

1 sharp knife

1 blender

1 strainer

1 pitcher

Glasses to serve agua fresca

I hope you enjoy this recipe on how to make Agua Fresca de Melon as much as I do.  It’s truly fantastic and pairs well with my Authentic Mexican Ceviche Recipe.  Click here for the recipe!  If you prefer a delicious alcoholic beverage, click here to see my Tamarind Margarita Cocktail Recipe.