Watermelon Mint Smash Recipe

Watermelon Mint Smash recipe — Summer's sweetest overachiever with a refreshing attitude problem. Originally from United States.

I'm that friend who shows up to every barbecue with homemade everything and actually pulls it off. Sure, I'm a little high-maintenance with all the muddling and fresh ingredients, but one sip and you'll forget you ever complained. I'm basically liquid summer vacation in a glass.

Watermelons are 92% water, making them nature's original sports drink. Ancient Egyptians placed watermelons in burial tombs to nourish the dead in the afterlife, and the fruit was so valued that it appears in Egyptian hieroglyphics dating back 5,000 years.

The watermelon mint smash evolved from Southern American hospitality traditions where fresh garden ingredients were muddled together for cooling summer refreshments. This style of muddled fruit mocktail gained widespread popularity in the early 2000s as the craft cocktail movement embraced farm-to-glass ingredients and mocktails became more sophisticated.

Ingredients

• 4 oz fresh watermelon juice (about 1 cup cubed watermelon, juiced)
• 8-10 leaves fresh mint (plus extra for garnish)
• 0.5 oz fresh lime juice (about half a lime)
• 1 cup crushed ice
• 2 oz sparkling water (optional, for extra fizz)

Instructions

1. Muddle mint leaves gently in the bottom of a rocks glass.
2. Add fresh watermelon juice and lime juice to the glass.
3. Fill glass with crushed ice and stir well.
4. Top with sparkling water if desired and garnish with mint sprig and watermelon wedge.

Category: mocktail | Difficulty: easy | Base spirit: None | ABV:

Origin: United States