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    Home » Recipes » Beverages » Agua Fresca Bar (4 Easy Recipes)

    Modified: Jun 3, 2025 · Published: Jun 22, 2020 by Angela G. · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Agua Fresca Bar (4 Easy Recipes)

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    Try setting up an Agua Fresca Drink Station for your next party! These 4 quick and easy recipes are made with bottled juices plus fresh ingredients. will delight your guests and can be turned into a bar by adding alcohol options for spiking and making individual cocktails.

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    • ★ Why You'll Love this Recipe ★
    • ★ Ingredients You'll Need ★
    • ★ Tips & FAQs ★
    • ★ More Cold Drink Recipes ★
    • Agua Fresca Bar (4 Easy Recipes)

    ★ Why You'll Love this Recipe ★

    Elevate Your Picnics and Parties

    Delight your party guests with a beverage bar featuring a beautiful display of refreshing agua fresca beverages! All four flavors are quick and easy to prep.

    This is a 4-for-1 recipe. We're creating four flavors of agua fresca to offer guests a variety and create a stunning assortment of beverages for your party-goers. All with minimal effort.

    Agua Fresca Flavors

    Quick and Easy Prep

    Your aqua fresca drink station will look so fancy yet will be really very easy to pull off because we are starting with bottled juices and adding fresh ingredients.

    Now, I realize "fresca" means fresh and if you have time to fresh-squeeze your juice, then I'm certain it will taste refreshing and flavorful. But, let's be honest. We don't all have that kind of time! And that's OK. Bottle juice is excellent too and if a great time-saver.

    Start with Juice

    So, my secret to making really delicious but also quick and easy aguqa fresca is to start with a good quality juice. Add some fresh fruit slices and herbs and you get a touch of that "fresca" elements. As a bonus, it makes your beverage not only look amazing but also easy to identify.

    Four Different Flavors

    Recipes for the following flavors are outlined below:

    • Strawberry Basil
    • Coconut Lime
    • Lavender Lemonade
    • Pineapple Orange with Blackberries or Blueberries

    ★ Ingredients You'll Need ★

    Here's a look at everything you'll need to make each flavor in addition to water and ice for each.

    Agua Fresca Drink Station Ingredients
    • Strawberry-Basil: Strawberry-white cranberry juice, fresh basil and sliced strawberries.
    • Coconut-Lime: Limeade, coconut cream, fresh sliced limes
    • Lavender-Lemonade: Lemonade, fresh lavender and lemon slices
    • Blueberry-Orange: Orange juice and blueberries, or try pineapple-orange juice. You can also swap the blueberries for blackberries if you prefer.

    Don't forget each of these gets water added!

    ★ Tips & FAQs ★

    What containers work best for a drink bar?

    I really like serving agua fresca in glass carafes. They come with a lid which makes them easy to store and put out on display. And it's easy for guests to tell what they are getting.
    You can add chalkboard labels to your carafes so you can write directly on the jar. It not only looks cute, but it's also functional! Perfect for when you have a dink that's pink in color and you don't want to leave people wondering, "Is that cranberry juice, strawberry something or...? Hmm..." Just use a piece of chalk or better yet, a chalk marker, to label it right on the bottle.
    They are also the perfect size. There's enough room for ice and plenty of beverage but they aren't huge so they don't take up a lot of table space. You also most likely won't have a ton of leftovers!

    Should I add ice or not to drink dispensers?

    If it's a hot day and you're worried about the ice melting and diluting the drinks, ice on the side in an insulated container might be best.
    However, if that's not an option, try adding a lot of ice in place of some or all of the water and give it a stir right before party guest arrive.

    What alcohol can I add to agua fresca?

    Serving guest who are 21+? You can easily turn this beverage station into a spiked cocktail bar but adding a few options for alcohol. Vodka would go with any of these flavors since it has a neutral taste but you can also offer other mixers like tequila or rum.
    The nice thing is, this allows for people to add the amount of alcohol they want and also keeps the drinks virgin for kids or adult who choose not to make these into a cocktail.

    Can I make agua fresca ahead of time?

    To make these agua fresca drinks ahead of time, simply leave out the ice and garnishes. Then add ice and garnishes to the carafes right before serving.

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    Agua Fresca Bar (4 Easy Recipes)

    Author: Angela G.
    Try setting up an Agua Fresca Drink Station for your next party! These 4 quick and easy recipes are made with bottled juices plus fresh ingredients. will delight your guests and can be turned into a bar by adding alcohol options for spiking and making individual cocktails.
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    Course: Beverages, Brunch
    Cuisine: American
    Skill Level: Easy
    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Servings: 16 Servings
    Yield: 4 liters

    Ingredients 

    COCONUT LIME AGUA FRESCA

    • 2 cups limeade
    • 1 ¾ cups water
    • ¼ cup coconut cream
    • Garnish with lime slices

    STRAWBERRY BASIL AGUA FRESCA

    • 2 cups strawberry juice strawberry-white cranberry, strawberry kiwi or strawberry lemonade
    • 1 ¾ cups water
    • ¼ cup fresh basil leaves
    • Garnish with fresh strawberry slices

    LAVENDAR LEMONADE AGUA FRESCA

    • 2 cups lemonade
    • 2 cups water
    • 2 tablespoon fresh lavender
    • Garnish with lemon slices

    PINEAPPLE-ORANGE BERRY AGUA FRESCA

    • 2 ¼ cups pineapple-orange juice
    • 1 ½ cups water
    • ½ cup fresh blackberries or blueberries
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    Instructions

    • Add ingredients to 4 different carafes for each flavor.* Place cap on carafe and gently turn upside down twice to mix ingredients. Serve immediately.
    • *For the coconut lime flavor, you may want to use an electric emulsifier to get the coconut cream to blend with the limeade.
    • *For the pineapple-orange berry flavor, you can muddle most of your blackberries to help them release their juice them by pressing them using a muddler. Reserve a few whole blackberries for garnish.
    • *To boost the flavor of any of these add more citrus (either lime or lemon juice will enhance the fruity flavor)
    • Pour into cups filled with ice to serve.

    Notes

    • Feel free to adjust the amount of water you add to make these more or less strong in flavorful.
    • You can also adjust the amount of each ingredient to your personal preferences.
    • Try blackberries in place of blueberries if you prefer.

    Nutrition Facts

    Calories: 62kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 9mg | Potassium: 87mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 98IU | Vitamin C: 18mg | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 1mg
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