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Infused Water Recipes that Will Keep You Hydrated

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Be it summer or any other season, you want to stay hydrated. Water can help flush out toxins, aid weight loss, boost metabolism, keep your skin healthy, improve digestion, and what not! Wouldn’t it be wondrous if you could enhance the water with nutrients and make it visually more tempting? These colorful and delightful water recipes, enhanced with the virtue of fruits, herbs, and spices, will get your attention and be immensely advantageous for you.

1. Green Apple Lime Infused Water

green apple lime infused water

Steep Time – 1 hour
Ingredients
  • 12 slices of green apple
  • 7 slices of lime
  • 1-liter water
How To Prepare

Toss the apple and lime slices into a jar containing one liter of water. Let it steep for one hour in the refrigerator.

Benefits
  • Apples are rich in phytonutrients that help to fight cancer, cardiovascular disease, asthma, and lower bad cholesterol levels.
  • Limes are a great source of vitamin C and can be very helpful in relieving arthritis, stimulating digestion, preventing hair fall, and fighting cold and cough.

2. Pomegranate Mint Infused Water

pomegranate mint infused water

Steep Time – 2 hours
Ingredients
  • ¼ cup pomegranate
  • A handful of mint leaves
  • 1-liter water
How To Prepare

Toss the pomegranate and a handful of mint leaves into a jar or bottle containing one liter of water. Let it steep for two hours in the refrigerator.

Benefits
  • Pomegranate helps to regulate blood pressure and has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anticancer properties.
  • Mint leaves have a cooling effect. They aid proper digestion and have anti-tumor, antioxidant, and antimicrobial properties.

3. Apple Cinnamon Infused Water

apple cinnamon infused water

Steep Time – Overnight
Ingredients
  • ¼ red apple
  • 2-inch cinnamon stick
  • 1-liter water
How To Prepare

Steep the cinnamon in a 1-liter jar of water overnight. Thinly slice the apple quarter and add to the jar in the morning. Let it steep for 20 minutes for the apple to release its flavor into the water.

Benefits
  • Apples are rich in phytonutrients that help to lower bad cholesterol levels and fight cancer, cardiovascular disease, and asthma.
  • Cinnamon aids weight loss has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial properties. It also lowers cholesterol and reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

4. Rose Petal Fennel Seed Infused Water

rose petal fennel seed infused water

Steep Time – 4 hours
Ingredients
  • 20 rose petals
  • 2 teaspoons fennel seeds
  • 1-liter water
How To Prepare

Toss the rose petals and fennel seeds in a 1-liter jar of water. Let it steep for four hours in the refrigerator.

Benefits
  • Rose petals help relieve stress, uplift your mood, treat digestive problems, and improve bowel movement.
  • Fennel seeds help improve digestion, prevent DNA mutation, and have anti-inflammatory, cardioprotective, hepatoprotective, and anticancer properties.

5. Mint-Infused Water

mint infused water

Steep Time – 7 minutes
Ingredients
  • 10 mint leaves
  • 1-liter water
How To Prepare

You can roughly chop the mint leaves or just toss them into a jar filled with one liter of water. Wait for 7 minutes for the water to taste minty fresh.

Benefits

Mint leaves have a cooling effect. They aid proper digestion and have anti-tumor, antioxidant, and antimicrobial properties.

6. Gooseberry Cumin Infused Water

gooseberry cumin infused water

Steep Time – Overnight
Ingredients
  • 10 gooseberry slices
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 1-liter water
How To Prepare

Add a teaspoon of cumin seeds to a liter of water and let it steep overnight. Add the gooseberry slices in the morning. Allow it to steep for 10 minutes and then drink it.

Benefits
  • Gooseberries are helpful in treating digestive disorders. They also reduce inflammation and have liver protective, antioxidant, kidney protective, and neuroprotective properties.
  • Cumin seeds support digestion, protect from cold and cough, and stimulate the menstrual cycle.

7. Orange Ginger Infused Water

orange ginger infused water

Steep Time – 2 hours
Ingredients
  • ½ orange
  • 1-inch ginger root
  • 1-liter water
How To Prepare

Crush the ginger root using a mortar and pestle. Cut the orange into medium slices with the peel on. Add the crushed ginger and orange slices to a 1-liter jar of water. Let it steep in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

Benefits
  • Oranges are rich in antioxidants and vitamin C that prevent DNA damage and protect the heart.
  • Ginger helps to reduce inflammation and muscle pain prevents cardiovascular diseases and diabetes and promotes gastrointestinal health.

8. Muskmelon Cumin Mint Infused Water

muskmelon cumin mint infused water

Steep Time – Overnight
Ingredients
  • 15 cubes of muskmelon
  • 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
  • A handful of mint leaves
  • 1-liter water
How To Prepare

Add the cumin seeds to a jar containing one liter of water and let it steep overnight. In the morning, add the muskmelon cubes and a handful of mint leaves. Let it steep for 10 minutes.

Benefits
  • Muskmelons are loaded with antioxidants that help to nullify the harmful oxygen radicals, support eye health, and prevent cancer cell proliferation.
  • Cumin seeds support digestion, protect from cold and cough, and stimulate the menstrual cycle.
  • Mint leaves have a cooling effect. They aid proper digestion and have anti-tumor, antioxidant, and antimicrobial properties.

9. Grape Orange Infused Water

grape orange infused water

Steep Time – 30 minutes
Ingredients
  • 15 grapes
  • 15 slices of orange
  • 1-liter water
How To Prepare

Cut the grapes in half. Add the orange slices and grape halves to a jar or bottle containing one liter of water. Let it steep for 30 minutes.

Benefits
  • Grapes help to inhibit cancer cell proliferation, lower cholesterol and suppress platelet aggregation.
  • Oranges are rich in antioxidants and vitamin C that prevent DNA damage and protect the heart.

10. Kiwi Coconut Infused Water

kiwi coconut infused water

Steep Time – 10 minutes
Ingredients
  • 7 kiwi slices
  • 2 cups of coconut water
How To Prepare

Add the kiwi slices to a jar containing two cups of coconut water. Let it steep in the refrigerator for 10 minutes.

Benefits
  • Kiwis help to decrease platelet aggregation and triglyceride levels and increase good cholesterol (HDL cholesterol) levels.
  • Coconut water is loaded with natural electrolytes and is the best natural drink for rehydration.

Bottomline

These infused water recipes are super quick to make, rich in nutrients, and aid you combat different diseases and symptoms. Try these recipes and make your water more delicious and healthier. Stay hydrated, and you will see a decrease in your body weight and health problems and a great improvement in brain function. So, get started right away!

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