Coconut Lime Refresher Mocktail Recipe
Coconut water with lime and a little mint — the drink that actually rehydrates you.
- Category: Mocktail
- Glass: Highball glass
- ABV: 0%
- Difficulty: Easy
- Prep time: ~3 min
- Alcohol-free: ✓
Ingredients
- Coconut water150 ml (5.1 oz)
- Fresh lime juice20 ml (0.7 oz)
- Simple syrup10 ml (0.3 oz)
- Fresh mint leaves6 piece
How to Make It
- Clap the mint between your palms and drop it into a highball glass.
- Fill with ice.
- Add the coconut water, lime juice and syrup, then stir.
- Garnish with a lime wheel.
Garnish
Lime wheel and mint
What it tastes like
It smells of lemon and lime peel, there is pineapple and passion fruit in it and it drinks cool and easy.
The technique
Built in the glass. Ice goes into the serving glass, the ingredients go on top, and you stir once if at all. Anything carbonated goes in LAST and never gets stirred; every turn of the spoon costs you bubbles. Fill the glass to the rim with ice: less ice melts faster, not slower.
Glass and ice
A tall, narrow highball. The narrowness does real work — less surface area means the carbonation lasts longer and the ice melts more slowly.
Ingredient notes and substitutes
- Fresh lime juice
- Freshly squeezed lime. Bottled lime tastes cooked and flat; one lime gives about 30 ml. If you have none, half lemon and half grapefruit juice comes closest.
- Simple syrup
- One part sugar to one part water, stirred until it dissolves — no need to boil it. Keeps a month in the fridge. No syrup? Use the same amount of honey, loosened with a little water.
- Fresh mint leaves
- The stem is bitter, so use the leaves. One clap between your palms before it goes in releases the oils and gives you the aroma without bruising it.
The Story
Sold from roadside carts across Southeast Asia long before coconut water reached Western shelves as a sports drink.
Frequently asked questions
- How is a Coconut Lime Refresher mixed?
- It is built in the glass and served in a highball glass.
- Does a Coconut Lime Refresher contain alcohol?
- No. It is safe to serve to children, to anyone pregnant, and to whoever is driving.
- Is a Coconut Lime Refresher hard to make?
- Easy. No bar kit required — a measure, ice and a jar will do.
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