13 Refreshing Aguas Frescas to Quench Your Thirst

Prickly Pear and Blood Orange Cooler is a staple beverage in any Mexican home. This recipe has taken the traditional prickly pear recipe up a notch and added beautiful blood oranges to the mix. Packed with vitamin C, antioxidants and fiber, this refreshing drink is a healthy and refreshing drink everyone will enjoy.

For full recipe, visit Nibbles and Feasts.

Carrot and pineapple combine to create a colorful agua fresca that is both refreshing and nutritious. Sweet pineapple chunks are blended with carrots and a hint of lime giving this glass the perfect amount of perk to get you through any busy day.

For full recipe, visit Sweet Life.

Colombia’s version of aguas frescas, Lulo Juice, also know as “naranjilla” in other Latin American countries, gets its Colombian name from the Quechua dialect. Its nutritional properties include iron, phosphorus, Vitamins A and C, and serves as a good natural remedy for conditions such as gout. It also helps to improve the functionality of kidneys and strengthens bones, nails and hair.

For full recipe, visit Una Colombiana en California.

Más: Sopa Fácil de Pollo y Tortilla

Tangy Lemon and sweet strawberries make this rosy-red lemonade a fun drink to quench your thirst with. Drink it with lots of ice and you’ve got yourself a cool antidote for a hot picnic day.

For full recipe, visit Presley’s Pantry.

Tangy and sweet is the flavor profile of this beautiful golden drink, Yellow Plum Cooler. Flavorful and nutritious, this stone fruit thirst-quenching beverage is the best way to take in the hot temperatures of summer.

For full recipe, visit La Cocina de Leslie.

Commonly called "agua de loco" (crazy man's water), this apple cooler is widely popular in Peru not only for its delicious sweet taste and earthy texture, but also for being a powerful elixir that soothes the mind and relaxes the body. Also amongst its great qualities is the fact that this beverage is refreshing when drank cold, straight out of the fridge, during the summer months; or warm, straight out of the pan, to cozy up during the winter.

For full recipe, visit Peru Delights.

Más: Bistec Asado a la Perfección

A creamy Mexican’s drink made from rice, cinnamon, almonds and sometimes, with a few drops of lime juice. Regardless of how you make it, it is one refreshing drink perfect for those winter days or when it is a blazing 80 degrees outside. You can always count on an icy horchata to quench the flames when chiles burn hot and furious on your tongue.

For full recipe, visit A Little Cup of Mexican Chocolate

Made from purple corn set to simmer with spices and fruit peels then blended with lime juice and sweetened with sugar, it’s credited with anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties apart from being incredibly refreshing.

For full recipe, visit Hungry Sofia.

A favorite among agua fresca stand patrons, Mandarin Water is a tangy-sweet drink packed with vitamins and fiber. Mandarin season is at its peak in the winter, so head over to the produce stand and enjoy this drink at home.

For full recipe, visit The Other Side of the Tortilla.

Más: Ensalada de Tacos, Limón y Chipotle

Mango Cucumber is going to be your next favorite fruit combo. Try this refreshing and tasty agua that will satisfy your sweet and veggie needs. Cucumber's mild taste and great nutritional values blended with the flavorful and tropical mango results in a really good for our bodies drink that you will be craving over and over again.

For full recipe, visit Hungry Food Love.

A perfect accompaniment to your family backyard barbecue, a pineapple cooler is a popular drink during the dog days of summer. Enjoy it loaded with ice, poolside or with a side of carne asada tacos smothered in extra spicy salsa to tame that jalapeño heat.

For full recipe, visit Muy Bueno Cookbook.

A staple beverage in Mexican households and restaurants, tamarind water is refreshingly tart and sweet and simple to prepare. Made out of the pulp of boiled tamarind pods, the result is a heavenly and thirst-quenching.

For full recipe, visit Presleys Pantry.