Berry Agua Fresca

This berry agua fresca made with chia seeds is a naturally hydrating and thirst quenching drink on a hot day.

One of the simplest and most popular summer drinks around here is agua fresca.  Farmer’s markets are filled with stands offering a variety of these cool fruit waters to satisfy your thirst on a hot day.

They’re a natural for this time of year, refreshing, not too sweet and perfect for cooling off from the summer heat.  Made up of little more than fruit and herb or flower infused water, they’re infinitely customizable based on what you happen to have on hand.

How to Make Berry Agua Fresca:

The key is to infuse the water with just enough flavor to create a thirst quenching beverage while not veering into juice territory.

• I start my berry agua fresca by brewing rosehip tea that’s then cooled and added to a blend of berries.  Rosehips are a nice source of both vitamin C and bioflavonoids and the tea tastes lightly fruity and a little tart, which goes well with berries like raspberries, blueberries and blackberries.  
• Once cooled, everything is blended up and strained into a pitcher.
• Next it’s time to add the chia seeds, which plump up.  Chia seeds are great for hydration because the little seeds swell up to hold ten times their weight in water! 

What you end up with is a light and refreshing fruit flavored herbal drink with a texture reminiscent of bubble tea that goes down smooth and is fun to drink.

I suspect you’ll want to keep a pitcher of berry agua fresca ready in your fridge this summer.

More Summer Drinks:

• Watermelon Juice
• Summer Fruit Slushie
• Frozen Hot Chocolate

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Yield: 4 Servings

Berry Agua Fresca

Prep Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

This berry agua fresca made with chia seeds is a naturally hydrating and thirst quenching drink on a hot day.

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Ingredients

• 4 cups/960ml filtered water (divided use)
• 1 cup/ 186g fresh or frozen mixed berries such as raspberries, blueberries and blackberries
• 2 rosehips tea bags
• 2 Tablespoons/30ml raw honey or a few drops of stevia instead
• 2 Tablespoons/24g chia seeds 

Instructions

1. Bring 2 cups of the water to a boil. Add the tea bags and brew for 20 minutes.
2. Remove tea bags and add to that two cups of chilled water.
3. Place the cooled brewed tea, berries and sweetener of your choice in a high speed blender and blend until completely smooth. Strain mixture through a sieve, reserving only the liquid.
4. Pour into a pitcher and stir in chia seeds. Place in fridge until well chilled.
5. Serve over ice.

Notes

For Vegan omit honey and use stevia or sweetener of choice instead.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 23Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 10mgCarbohydrates: 5gFiber: 2gSugar: 3gProtein: 0g

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Sylvie

Sylvie Shirazi is the recipe developer and food photographer behind Gourmande in the Kitchen. For the last 10 years she's been making eating more healthfully easy and accessible with gluten-free, grain-free, paleo and vegan recipes that are free from processed ingredients.