Melon Lemonade Punch

Melon lemonade punch is a sweet, sour, and refreshing drink. Shredded melon gives a unique and surprising texture to the drink. A perfect drink for your summer!

Summer is almost over, but I still want to enjoy this summer with some delicious drinks. I can’t skip the summer without drinking lots of fresh drinks. You know so well that I made many drinks recipe for summer. We need to refresh our day in summer. To refresh my daily day in summer, I drink a glass of fresh drink.

A few days ago, I made fruit yogurt soup to be my friend on that day. Oh, a great combination of fruit and yogurt. Fruit drinks are never wrong!
Today, I’ll give you the other list of summer drinks for you. Just call it Melon Lemonade Punch. I don’t know how often I made it. I always think of its sweet, sour, and refreshing.

What makes this recipe unique is because we shred the melon with a grater. I never find it anywhere before. Usually, you just cut the fruits in a cube shape. Then, you put it into a glass of syrups. Now, we have to shred the melons.

Thanks to Hani’s mother in law who inspired me to make this punch. She used sweet drinks/desserts with shredded melon. The shredded melon gives a surprising texture. You won’t regret it!

Easy Ingredients for Melon Lemonade Punch

To get started, we need to prepare all the ingredients. You don’t need to prepare some hard-to-find ingredients. The ingredients are only half of the melon, eight tbsp melon syrup, and two lemons. You can prepare double or more ingredients as much as you need.

A tip for you, choose ripe melon for this recipe because it has a soft texture and sweet taste. Do you know how to get the ripe melon? If you don’t know, let me tell you my experience picking ripe melon.

Tips for Picking Ripe Melon:

• Try lifting and comparing with other melons. A ripe melon will be heavier than a raw melon.
• Smell the fruit. If the aroma is strong, the fruit is ripe. This sweet aroma comes from ethylene gas (gas produced by ripe fruit).
• Tap the rind gently. If the sound is echoed and deep, so the fruit is ripe.
• Ripe melons have thick and considerable outside texture.
• Pay attention to the tip of the fruit stalk. Ripe melons usually have a clean rind texture with a descending pattern. Less webbing texture at the bottom of the stalk indicates a sweet and juicy melon.

In my recipe, I add basil seeds and mint springs/leaves. It doesn’t matter if you don’t use it because the taste of basil seeds and mint leaves doesn’t affect the drink, more likely to add texture to the drink. Oh, don’t forget to add some ice cubes to make it cold and fresh!

How to make Melon Lemonade Punch:

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Shred melon with grater.

First, put half cup ice cubes into a glass. Then 3 tbsp shredded melon, 1 tbsp melon syrup, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tbsp bloomed basil seeds, mint sprigs and lastly water until glass is full. Repeat this step for another 7 cups.

Garnish with thinly sliced lemon and mint sprigs.

Try this melon lemonade punch for your summer treat and let me know if you love it too!

Do you need other recipe for your summer treat? Check it below.

• Rainbow Fruit Sparkling Water
• Fruit Yogurt Soup
• Rainbow Fruit Popsicles