Korean Watermelon Mint Juice

Quick answer

Total time: 12 min
Level: Easy
Servings: 3 servings
Ingredients: 6

About this dish

Watermelon mint juice blends seedless watermelon flesh with honey and lime juice, then pulses in mint leaves for just five seconds to capture their fragrance without extracting bitterness.

Straining the blend removes excess pulp, producing a light, clear-textured drink. The juice is poured over a full glass of ice and finished with sparkling water, whose bubbles amplify both the watermelon's sweetness and the mint's cooling sensation. Lime juice cuts through the melon's one-note sweetness with a bright acidity, and a sprig of fresh mint on top releases aroma with each sip.

Ingredients

servings

IngredientAmountUnit

watermelon flesh600 gg

mint leaves10 eaea

lime juice2 tbsptbsp

honey1 tbsptbsp

sparkling water200 mlml

ice1 cupcup

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Instructions

Read the steps as a cooking flow: prep, heat, seasoning, doneness control, and finish.

6 steps

1

Step

Select 600g of sweet watermelon flesh and carefully remove as many seeds as possible before dicing the fruit into 3cm cubes to ensure an even consistency when blending.
2

Step

Place the watermelon cubes in the blender along with 1 tablespoon of honey and 2 tablespoons of lime juice, then blend on high for 30 seconds until completely liquefied.
3

Step

Add exactly half of the 10 mint leaves into the blender and pulse briefly for only 5 seconds, which allows the mint to break down slightly without turning the juice green.
4

Prep

Pour the mixture through a fine mesh strainer into a large pitcher to remove any remaining pulp or mint fragments, resulting in a smooth and clear liquid base for drinking.
5

Step

Fill glasses with 1 cup of ice and pour the strained watermelon juice until three quarters full, then top with 200ml of sparkling water to create a refreshing carbonated layer.
6

Finish

Float the reserved mint leaves on the juice as garnish.

Serve before the ice melts and the carbonation fades.

Practical Cooking Checks

The cues that matter most while cooking.

Key technique: Watermelon-mint-juice pulses fresh leaves for five seconds to hold fragrance without extracting bitterness.
Finish cue: Float the reserved mint leaves on the juice as garnish.