Cucumber Lime Mint Agua Fresca

If you can't eat your cucumbers, drink them. Although I love myself a Pimm's Cup, I needed a faster, more efficient way to eat all of the cucumbers that keep showing up in my CSA box. I had a spectrum of cucumbers, ranging from "fresh out of the box" to "on deaths doorstep".

The remains of one of the dying bits

When I saw a friend on facebook had linked to this Cucumber Lime Mint Agua Fresca, I was sold. I made slight modifications, but here's the gist:

Cucumber Lime Mint Agua Fresca:

• 2 med cucumbers
• 1/2 c. fresh sqeezed lime juice (~5 limes)
• 1 1/4 c. water
• 1/2 c. sugar (or honey)
• 5-10 mint leaves

1.  Chop the cucumbers and discard the ends.
2. Combine everything into the blender and liquify. If you have an older, less functioning blender, you might find it easier to put all the liquids in first then add the cucumber bit-by-bit.
3. Strain through cheese cloth (make sure you sqeeze all the liquid out), chill, and drink.

note: warming the limes in the microwave will increase the amount of juice you get.

I used a lot less mint that the original recipe, but I thought it still had a great mint flavor. In fact, I would suspect that using the original amount would have overdone it.

The result was extremely refreshing. It was good all by itself, but it also mixed well with gin and/or Pimm's (no suprise there). As long as my CSA keeps handing out cucumbers by the pair, this will probably be a weekly tradition for me.

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