Make Your Own Refreshing Vitamin Water with Fresh Herbs

I’m a pretty lazy water drinker. It’s terrible to admit, especially when I spend so much time outside and need the hydration.

But sometimes water is just boring, and some fancy flavored thing in a bottle seems so much nicer on a hot summer day.

But just as easily as you can run down to the store for a case of Vitamin Water, you can make your own vitamin water at home. The real stuff. The good stuff.

Ingredients

9 cups water 1 lime, sliced 1 lemon, sliced 1 small grapefruit, sliced 1 small orange, sliced 2 tablespoons minced mint 2 tablespoons minced basil

Making Your Homemade Vitamin Water

Since you’ll be infusing the citrus with their rinds, be sure to wash and scrub them thoroughly.

Lightly muddle the citrus slices in a pitcher, toss in the fresh herbs (minced as finely as you can — you’ll be drinking this stuff), then add water. Stir well and let the vitamin water infuse in the fridge overnight.

I usually infuse the fruits and herbs twice, then compost the mixture and make a new batch. (After refilling the original pitcher, I find that the fruits and herbs start to lose their flavor once I’ve made two pitchers with them.)

You can infuse almost any fresh fruits and herbs together, so give a hand at your own combinations and go crazy with it!

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