Lime and Mint Drink Recipes
Lime and mint - one of the most popular flavor combinations. This duet can be found in many products: candy, cookies, sweet pastries. But the most popular are drinks that combine these two ingredients.So, cocktails with lime and mint have a special refreshing and invigorating effect and are a healthy alternative to alcohol.
But is it possible to make similar drinks at home? In our article you will find several delicious and interesting recipes.
Simple recipes
There are several recipes for making drinks from these ingredients. Consider the most popular ones.
Homemade lemonade
To make this drink, you will need lime, mint, ice and water (carbonated or purified from a filter of your choice).
The first step is to prepare ice. To do this, we pour water into specially designed molds for this purpose and put them in a refrigerator for several hours. For lack of suitable molds, baking molds can be used.
Then you need to thoroughly wash and dry the lime and mint. After that, chop the lime. You can cut the fruit into slices or slices.
In order for the mint to give the maximum amount of its flavor, before using the plant, you need a little mash.
We put mint and citrus fruit on the bottom of a tall glass, add a few pieces of ice to it, and then pour water.
Before serving, glasses can be decorated with lime slices and sprigs of mint. Drink cocktail laid through the straw.
Non-alcoholic mojito
To make this cocktail, half of the lime must be cut into slices, and mint cut into small pieces. For quick and easy grinding you can use a blender. The resulting components are mixed at the bottom of the glass and add the same sugar, which will remove unnecessary bitterness and acid.
After that, add ice cubes and fill all with water. The cocktail must be mixed well to dissolve the sugar.
Cook mojito not in portions - in glasses, but in a decanter. In this case, you will avoid the need to constantly stay in the kitchen and provide yourself and your family with a pleasant refreshing drink for the whole day.
Cold tea
In addition to delicious cocktails, mint and lime (in a more traditional version it is proposed to use lemon), you can prepare a healthy drink that will save you from manifestations of a cold and will be an excellent preventive and warming agent on a cold overcast evening.
At the bottom of the cup you must put a few slices of citrus fruit and a couple of sprigs of mint. Then you should pour boiling water into a cup and infuse the drink for about 20 minutes.
Optionally, you can use packaged or leaf tea to give the drink a richer taste.
Cocktail with mint and citrus
To give a refreshing drink more flavor saturation, in addition to lime, you can use other citrus fruits: orange, lemon, grapefruit.
The first step is to grind citrus and mint. Then you need to mix the ingredients and add some sugar in them. And in order for the fruit to start up the juice, it is necessary to leave them in this position for a while (20–30 minutes). After that, pour the mix with water, add ice cubes and enjoy the refreshing coolness. Now we are convinced that even with a few simple ingredients you can make tasty and unusual drinks. The proposed cocktail recipes will be an excellent alternative to alcoholic beverages and help you refresh yourself on even the hottest day.
Every morning on an empty stomach drink a glass of water with a few slices of lime or lemon (you can add mint if you like). Thus, you run your stomach and restore the body's water balance after a long sleep.
Simple recipes for drinks with lime and mint, see the following video.
