Summer wasn’t complete without this refreshing drink for me growing up. I remember my parents making this every summer. While the other kids had lemonade, my siblings and I had this sweet cantaloupe drink. Think of it as the Filipino version of the Mexican agua fresca. I hope it refreshes you as much as it did for us, and still does to this day!
1 ripe medium sized cantaloupe 1 lemon or lime, juiced about 6-8 cups cold water simple syrup to taste
1. Peel, seed and grate the cantaloupe into a large bowl, making sure to catch all the juice runoff. 2. Transfer to a large punchbowl or pitcher, add lemon or lime juice and cold water just so that it dilutes the melon juice and strings, adding more cold water if necessary. Add simple syrup to taste and serve ice cold with a spoon to scoop out the melon! A bruised mint leaf or two would be wonderful in this as well.
*There was another variation to this drink that my parents also made. Prepare the cantaloupe the same way, omit the citrus juice, add whole milk instead of water and sweeten with simple syrup. I have to have it both ways every summer! It makes a great breakfast drink!
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