Chia Fresco Mexican Drink

Chia Fresco Mexican Drink

• Chia fresco is a healthy drink for hydrating and refreshing the body, especially during the hot summer months, it is also a Mexican lemonade, it is prepared in Mexico and Central American countries. It consists of water, freshly squeezed lemon or lime juice, sweeteners as desired (brown sugar, honey, maple syrup, some malt) and chia seeds, which in this drink have the role of detoxifier and energy provider. Instead of water, you can use coconut water or green tea, r, herbal teas, mint or ginger, in addition to squeezed fresh citrus juice (lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit), you can also use some fresh fruit in pieces or turned into fruit purée. Different combinations and different proportions of ingredients, so instead of water you can use coconut water or green tea, tea, herbal teas, mint or ginger, with squeezed fresh citrus juice (lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit) you can use a little fresh fruit pieces or turned into fruit purée), strawberries, blueberries, mango, pineapple, pomegranate fruit. Follow recipe.

Ingredients: for 2 serving, simple

For ice fruit cubes

• a small mold for ice cubes

• 2 orange-freshly squeezed juice

• a few leaves of fresh mint

• little chia seeds

For Chia Fresco drink:

• 2 glasses of water (can also be non-carbonated mineral water)

• 1 orange-freshly squeezed juice

• sweetener on request (I have a little brown sugar)

• 1 Tbsp chia seeds

• a couple of leaves of fresh mint

• ice fruit cubes (prepared earlier, for serving)

• orange fetishes (for decoration)

Chia Mexican Drink Fresco

Preparation:

1. Prepare ice fruit cubes the day before.

2. Squeeze the orange juice and arrange it in ice buckets, put two small leaves of fresh mint and some chia seeds in each cube

3. Put the bowl with the juice in the freezer overnight.

4. Put 2 glasses of water and freshly squeezed juice of 1 orange, some finely chopped fresh mint leaves and a couple of ice fruit cubes in a shaker.

5. Shake everything well in a shaker, then add sweetener as desired and chia seeds and shake everything well again.

6. Pour the resulting drink into glasses and then put in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to cool well and the chia seeds to gel (to swell)

7. Serve chia fresco with ice fruit cubes and decorate with orange fetishes.

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