Best Flavored Water

This Best Flavored Water recipe uses fresh fruits and herbs to make the best fruit flavored water. 

Homemade fruit flavored water is easy to make, contains no artificial sweeteners or flavoring, and it makes the best healthy water flavoring you can drink.

Fruit Flavored Water Recipe

By simply adding fresh or frozen fruits, vegetables and herbs to your water glass!  Fruit infused water is simply water infused with fresh fruit and herbs.

• Citrus
• Cucumber
• Watermelon
• Pineapple
• Apple
• Berries
• Herbs

How to Make Flavored Water

Adding fresh fruit, unsweetened fruit juices and herbs to water make the best healthy water flavoring you can use. You don’t need to buy the expensive flavored water brands at the store (many of which contain sugar, sweeteners and artificial flavoring), just make your own healthy water flavoring at home!  

• Fruit Infused Water.  We’re all familiar with adding lemon to water to make lemon water (many restaurants serve it as soon as you sit down), but there’s so many other fruits you can use to make infused water (natural water flavoring) with.  
• Fruit Flavored Ice Cubes.  When making flavored ice cubes, use fresh fruits and fresh squeezed fruit juice. Add 2-3 fruit flavored ice cubes to a tall glass of water.  As the ice cubes slowly melt, they’ll add a refreshing natural water flavoring to your chilled water. I’ve added links below for you with 10 of my favorite flavored water ice cube recipes.
• Fruit Juice:  Merely adding a splash of fruit juice or your favorite green drink to water makes a healthy water flavoring.  Fill a glass or a water bottle with 1/4 cup of fruit juice, add 2-3 ice cubes, then fill the rest with water.
• Herbs.  Add fresh sprigs of mint for a refreshing pop of flavor. 

Tips for Making Flavored Water

• If possible, choose fresh organic fruit and herbs and spring or purified water, or you can choose carbonated water to make flavored sparkling water.
• Use fresh squeezed or fresh pressed juices from organic fruits and vegetables, or use unsweetened bottled fruit juices.
• Exact measurements aren’t necessary.
• Make only a pitcher at a time (which contains about 8 glasses of water depending on the size of the pitcher). 
• When necessary, peel ingredients like melon, mango and ginger before chopping and slicing.
• The next time you buy your favorite juice blend at the health food store, buy a second one to make ice cubes with. It such a convenient way to drop pretty fruit ice cubes into your water for an added pop of flavor.

Is Drinking Flavored Water the Same as Drinking Water

Yes it is if you make healthy water flavoring with fresh or frozen fruit, fruit juices and fresh herbs. Flavored Water made with these natural ingredients hydrates you just the same as plain water.

Flavored Water Ice Cubes

I like to keep freezer bags filled with flavored ice cubes stashed in my freezer for adding to water to help me stay hydrated during the day. These fruit flavored ice cubes add extra nutrients and a refreshing pop of flavor to each glass of water you drink. Besides being pretty, adding fruit ice cubes to your water is a great way to pamper yourself while providing your body with the hydration it needs for optimal health. You can also just simply fill your ice cube tray half full with water and drop in fresh or frozen berries and slices of citrus fruit (lemons, limes, oranges, etc) to make fruit ice cubes to pretty-up a plain ol glass of water. They’re fun to make and they make drinking 8 glasses of water a day much more enjoyable!

• Smoothie Cubes – Made with pineapple, ginger, mango, turmeric and black pepper.  Add them to water, tea, fruit smoothies, or poke a stick in them and have them as a snack. They’re so good!
• Immune Boosting Whole Lemon Ice Cubes – Made with the whole lemon (peel and all) and a little water.  Add them to water (hot or cold).
• Hydrating Lemon Cucumber Ice Cubes – Made with peeled cucumbers and lemons. Add them to a glass of water to create spa-like cucumber lemon water.
• Ginger Ice Cubes – Made with fresh peeled ginger root and water. They’re great to a tall glass of water or a cup of hot water to make a quick ginger tea. You can also toss these ice cubes in homemade soups, stews and smoothies for added ginger flavor and benefits.
• Cold Fighting Citrus Ice Cubes – Made with fresh orange juice and grapefruit juice. They’re a great way to get extra Vitamin C during cold and flu season.  Just add them to water (hot or cold).
• Mixed Berry Ice Cubes – Made with blueberries and raspberries (fresh or frozen). I love adding them to water and they’re also great to add to morning smoothies. 
• Summer Peach Ice Cubes – Made with peaches (fresh or frozen), lemon juice and honey.  Add the cubes to water (plain or sparkling) or your favorite tea to make peach sweetened tea.
• Antioxidant Rich Blueberry Ice Cubes – Made with blueberries (fresh or frozen), lemon juice and honey. They’re great to add to water (hot or cold), tea, and a tall glass oflemonade to make blueberry lemonade.
• Fruit Juice Ice Cubes – These types of ice cubes are made with fresh pressed juice or unsweetened bottle juice. They’re super convenient to make – just pour the juice in the ice cube trays then freeze them. 
• Arnold Palmer Ice Cubes – Made with tea (use black or green) and lemonade. I love the flavor they add to plain water, and they’re also great to add to a glass of iced tea or lemonade (especially during the summer months).

Tips To Help You Stay Hydrated

Staying properly hydrated is essential for optimal health, but sometimes drinking plain water, with its lack of flavor, can get a little boring.  That’s why making healthy water flavoring by adding a splash fruit juice, fresh fruit, herbs or fruit flavored ice cubes to your water glass adds just that little bit of flavor which makes it a lot easier for us to drink up. Here’s a few tips to help you stay hydrated:

• Keep a pitcher of pretty flavored water with fresh fruit and herbs in the fridge so you’re likely to reach for it instead of a soda or sports drink
• Take a bottle of water with you wherever you go
• Add  fresh fruit (lemon and lime slices), berries and herbs to your water bottle or glass of water
• Drink infused water out of pretty wine glasses
• Keep a variety of fruit flavored ice cubes in freezer bags in your freezer so you can conveniently add them to your water
• Whenever you finish drinking a bottle of water (or glass of water) reach for another one to drink
• Drink water instead of drinking sugary and high calorie sodas, sports drinks and sweetened coffee
• Choose water when eating at restaurants
• Don’t wait until you feel thirsty to drink water
• Drink sparkling water when you want some carbonation 
• Drink a glass of water before and after exercise

More Flavored Water Recipes

• Lemon Ginger Detox Drink – Lemon ginger and turmeric simmered in water. It’s one of my more popular recipes.
• Ginger Syrup – This simple Ginger Syrup is great to add to sparkling water to make a healthy ginger ale, add it to warm water to make a ginger tea, or add it to lemonade as a sweetener instead of sugar.
• Alkalizing Frozen Lemon Slices – It’s super convenient to keep freezer bags stashed in the freezer of sliced lemon to drop in your water. That way you don’t have to worry about running out of fresh lemon.
• Honey Lemon Ginger Slices – I love these Honey Lemon Ginger Slices! As the ginger and lemon marinate in honey, it creates a delicious syrup. Just add a slice or two of lemon (and ginger if you like) along with a couple of teaspoons of the syrup in hot or cold water or green tea. This adds a delicious slightly sweet pop of flavor to water.
• Sparkling Blackberry Mint Spritzer – Made with fresh blackberries and sparkling water. A delicious refreshing summertime drink!
• White Grape Spritzer – Made with white grape juice and sparkling water. This is a refreshing drink to sip on when you want a little carbonation.
• Pomegranate Water – Made with pomegranate juice, seeds and water. This is a healthy flavored water that’s also a festive non-alcoholic drink to serve for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
• Herbal Organic Tea – Made with fresh oregano leaves simmered in water.

Want more flavored water ideas? Check out these 25 Detox Flavored Water Recipes.

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Yield: 8 servings

Best Flavored Water

Prep Time 10 minutes

Additional Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes

The Best Flavored Water to drink is made with natural water flavoring. Up your water-drinking game by adding fruits, vegetables, herbs and various fruit flavored ice cubes to your water, which is the best healthy water flavoring you can make.

Ingredients

• 8 cups water
• 1/2 to 1 cup fruit (fresh or frozen) such as citrus slices, slices of cucumber, berries.
• 1-2 springs to 1/4 cup fresh herbs
• Ice

Instructions

1. Rinse fruit well.
2. Peel (if necessary) cut, chop or slice fruit.
3. If using berries, gently smash the berries in the pitcher to release juices.
4. Add fruit and herbs to the bottom of a large pitcher.
5. Fill the pitcher with water.
6. Steep for up to 1 hour; 2-3 hours best; overnight for a stronger fruit flavored water. Water infused with citrus will be flavorful right away, so you can drink it right away.

Notes

Making Flavored Water

Adding fresh fruit, unsweetened fruit juices and herbs to water make the best healthy water flavoring you can use. You don't need to buy the expensive flavored water brands at the store (many of which contain sugar, sweeteners and artificial flavoring), just make your own healthy water flavoring at home!  

• Fruit Infused Water:  We're all familiar with adding lemon to water to make lemon water (many restaurants serve it as soon as you sit down), but there's so many other fruits you can use to make infused water (natural water flavoring) with.  
• Fruit Flavored Ice Cubes:  When making flavored ice cubes, use fresh fruits and fresh squeezed fruit juice. Add 2-3 fruit flavored ice cubes to a tall glass of water.  As the ice cubes slowly melt, they'll add a refreshing natural water flavoring to your chilled water. I've added links below for you with 10 of my favorite flavored water ice cube recipes.
• Fruit Juice:  Merely adding a splash of fruit juice or your favorite green drink to water makes a healthy water flavoring.  Fill a glass or a water bottle with 1/4 cup of fruit juice, add 2-3 ice cubes, then fill the rest with water.
• Herbs.  I like to add fresh mint when making flavored water. It adds a really nice refreshing pop of flavor. 

Tips for Making Flavored Water

• If possible, choose fresh organic fruit and herbs and spring or purified water, or you can choose carbonated water to make flavored sparkling water.
• Use fresh squeezed or fresh pressed juices from organic fruits and vegetables, or use unsweetened bottled fruit juices.
• Exact measurements aren’t necessary.
• Make only a pitcher at a time (8 cups to last a day), as the fruit tends to get swollen and soggy. Otherwise, remove the fruit at the end of the day so the fruit-infused water will still be good the next day.
• When necessary, peel ingredients like melon, mango and ginger before chopping and slicing.
• The next time you buy your favorite juice blend at the health food store, buy a second one to make ice cubes with. It such a convenient way to drop pretty fruit ice cubes into your water for an added pop of flavor.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 9Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 10mgCarbohydrates: 2gFiber: 1gSugar: 1gProtein: 0g

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