This Watermelon Green Tea Refresher is a delicious alcohol-free cocktail that’s both healthy and delicious, featuring fresh watermelon and lemon, and green tea!
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I am a tea-lover. If you’ve been around here for awhile you’ll know that I don’t really drink coffee, so tea is my bag (see what I did there??). For most of the year you’ll find me within arm’s reach of my favourite tea mug full of herbal tea, all day every day. Most of the time I’m drinking it cold because, you know, I’m a mom of preschoolers and all those memes on Facebook about moms finally finishing their cold coffee at 3pm apply to us tea-drinking moms too!!
I rarely drink hot tea in the summer months but for the last few summers I’ve found myself constantly brewing herbal tea to enjoy on ice. I try to keep a pitcher of iced green tea in my fridge as soon as spring hits since it’s thirst-quenching and full of
antioxidants. I love drinking water but sometimes when you have the urge to enjoy something other than water, iced herbal tea is a great, healthy choice.
When the weather turns warm it can be hard to resist all those sweet beverages at barbecues and parties – warm days call for a sweet and refreshing drink and unfortunately most cocktail-inspired beverages contain little more than empty calories. This Watermelon Green Tea Refresher is made from unsweetened green tea, fresh, ripe watermelon and a splash of lemon or lime juice so it’s thirst-quenching and full of summery goodness without all that sugar!
So at your next party, you can be the one with a delicious drink in your hand and know that it’s good for you too!
Looking for more refreshing drinks? Try my Dairy-Free Mocha Caramel Frappuccino, or this Sparkling Peach Mango Refresher!
If you’re serving this delicious mocktail to friends it looks great in mason jars with a cute paper straw, but you could also serve it in some margarita glasses at a party…or while you drink it in your sweats with your hair in a bun, snacking on some delicious homemade sweet and salty popcorn, like I do!
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This recipe makes 2-3 servings and since it’s sweetened only with fresh fruit, it’s the perfect no-guilt refreshing treat!!
Hope you enjoy this recipe! Let me know in the comments below if you give it a try!
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Looking for more warm-weather drink recipes like this? Try these recipes!
- Raspberry Peach Green Tea Smoothie
- Healthy Cucumber Lemonade
- Healthy Homemade Starbucks Passion Tea Lemonade
- Green Apple Spinach Smoothie
- Healthy Strawberry Lemonade
- Healthy Blueberry Lemonade
- Healthy Homemade Iced Tea
- Sparkling Peach Mango Refresher
Recipe Video
Watch the video below to see exactly how I make this cool drink. You can find more delicious recipe videos on my YouTube channel.
Watermelon Green Tea Refresher
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 to 2 cups green tea , brewed and chilled
- 4 cups watermelon , cubed and seeded, chilled
- 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice (use lime if you'd prefer)
- some lemon slices for garnish (or lime, if you'd prefer)
Instructions
- A few hours in advance (or even the day before), steep a green tea bag in some freshly boiled water. Set it aside to cool to room temperature and then stick it in the fridge to chill (adding a few ice cubes always helps!).
- Once your green tea is chilled, add 1 1/2 cups of it to your blender. Add the chilled watermelon cubes and lemon juice.
- Blend on high speed for 45 seconds to 1 minute, or until the mixture is completely blended.
- Pour into a glasses and serve with a slice of lemon!
Nutrition
Someone Critique says
Last year I restarted my regular exercise regime after realizing what a few years of unbalance had done to my once fit body. I also started getting more Green drink in my diet with great effects.
The Busy Baker says
I hope you enjoy this drink then! 🙂
christyjames says
Actually green tea is a wonderful solution for making your health fit & perfect, if you have using ayurvedic its a added advantage to have so that organic green tea in India is so popular today and also good for our health.
The Busy Baker says
Thanks for your comment.
Kelly Spencer says
I love the watermelon green tea and it’s my summer favourite. This recipe is a sweetened green tea, but we can skip adding sweeteners since the watermelon will give the drink a nice, light sweetness.
Green Tea Before Bed
The Busy Baker says
We agree 😉 Thanks!
kevin cook says
nice
Anonymous says
Love this drink! Just made it:)
The Busy Baker says
So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment! 🙂
Malcom Gramham says
I’ve been visiting your blog for a while now and I always find a gem in your new posts. Thanks for sharing.
The Busy Baker says
Thanks Malcom!! Glad yo hear that! 🙂
Receita says
This looks so refreshing!!
The Busy Baker says
Thanks!