As I stated in my last tea post I don’t like to drink water.  That is until now.  I have discovered how to flavor my own water with fruits.  When I first saw this I couldn’t believe that I hadn’t thought of it.

I first tried this with mango.  I had purchased one that I thought was ripe but after the first cut I knew it was not.  I decided to continue to cut it up and try the flavored water idea.  I cut it into small pieces and placed it in my glass tea pot.  I added purified cold water and then tried to mash the pieces with my pastry cutter, it was a little hard because the mango pieces were firm.  I probably should have used room temperature water. I then put the water in the fridge over night.  As I use the water I add additional water and crush the mango some more.  The water tastes of mango and is refreshing.  I am sure it would be sweeter if I had used a ripe mango.

The next day I cut up a watermelon and decided to add some pieces of watermelon and the juice to the mango.  BOY OH BOY, I really liked this.

My next recipe will be strawberries and watermelon.  You can use any fruit you want and any combination, except bananas. What combination will you try?