You probably have the feeling you should drink more water, but when it doesn’t really taste like anything, what’s the draw? The solution: Make plain water taste better! Just add one of these infusions to sip on something sweet, spicy, fruity, or herbal. (All recipes are for 2 quarts of water unless otherwise noted.)
Sweet sips
Berry blast
Mull (mash with a muddler or wooden spoon) ½ cup sliced strawberries, ½ cup raspberries, and ½ cup blueberries. Add ice and either flat or sparkling water and serve.
Tropical breeze
In a pitcher, combine ½ cup cubed mango, juice from half of a lime, and 3 torn basil leaves. Add ice and flat water. Refrigerate for 2 hours and serve.
Watermelon water
Mash 1 cup cubed watermelon, juice from half of a lime, and 3 torn mint leaves together. Add ice and either flat or sparkling water and serve.
Make it spicy
Margarita-ish
In a pitcher, mash one peeled and seeded cucumber and one seeded and sliced jalapeño pepper. Add ice and flat water. Refrigerate for 2 hours and serve.
Spicy & tart
Mull one lemon. Add water and ice, then stir in 1 tsp. cayenne pepper. Serve.
Peachy ginger
Mull one peach. Add water and ice, then stir in 8 thin slices of peeled ginger. Serve.
From the spa
Cucumber cool
In a pitcher, put one cucumber that is peeled, seeded, and sliced with 10 torn mint leaves and the juice of half of a lime. Add ice and flat water. Refrigerate for 2 hours and serve.
Bright blues
Mull ½ cup of blueberries, ½ lime, and 3 torn basil leaves at the bottom of a pitcher. Add ice and either flat or sparkling water and serve.
Just (honey)dew it
Stir together 3 cups cubed honeydew and 1 cup halved grapes. Add ice and flat water. Refrigerate for 2 hours and serve.