Watermelon Ginger Green Tea

Watermelon Ginger Green Tea- A refreshing summery drink made with sweet watermelon, fresh ginger, and a squeeze of lime.

September 6, 2026 by Nicole Collins

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Today, we’re making Watermelon Ginger Green Tea!

Sometimes, I go to the grocery store with a carefully curated, organized by aisle, intentional list. And sometimes, I go with only a hope and a prayer, and let the food tell me what to buy. The latter can be dangerous, especially if shopping while hungry.

We all know I’m salty snacker. My tastebuds run savory. I’m a veggie girlie, not so much a fruit girlie. But a couple weeks ago, I somehow found myself with 2 types of kiwi, blueberries, bananas, and a bigger than it looked in the store watermelon all at the same time. That’s collectively more fruit in one week than I’ve bought all year. I was going to give away some of the extra watermelon, but then inspiration struck right in the middle of an 104 degree day. And that’s where today’s little refresher was born.

We’re going to start by slicing a hunk of fresh ginger, adding it to a saucepan with some water, and letting it come to a slow boil. Then, we’ll let that ginger infuse the water for a few minutes before we pull it off the heat and add in a couple green tea bags to steep. We’ll keep the ginger in the saucepan while the tea is steeping too so we can get every last bit of flavor from it that we can. Then, we need to let our tea mixture cool down. Even after I remove the tea bags, I like to leave the ginger in the liquid while it cools.

Next, we’re going to take a couple cups of fresh, chopped watermelon, toss it into a blender, and blend it til it’s juicy. Run the liquid through a fine mesh strainer to separate out the pulp (you can ditch the pulp, we don’t need it). And, that’s watermelon juice! Give it a little taste so you can get a gauge on how sweet your watermelon is.

Then, we mix! Add the watermelon juice to a pitcher. Run the tea mixture through a strainer too to get out the ginger and any fibers from the skin. Add in the juice of a lime. Then, give it another taste. I like to add a little squeeze of agave syrup to sweeten up drink a little, but if your watermelon was super sweet, you may not even need to do that. Let your tastebuds guide you!

I like to serve this over ice with a little fresh mint as a garnish. And, that is a perfect, simple, refreshing, summery drink. And you didn’t hear this from me, but if you chose to add a little clear liquor to turn this into a cocktail, I’m not going to tattle on you. You do you, babes!

You can really taste every layer of flavor in this drink. We really get to take advantage of that beautiful ginger flavor, but it’s not in a spicy kind of way at all. The green tea is light. The watermelon is sweet. The lime adds a little zing. And, don’t even get me started on the beautiful blush color!

Ok, everyone! Tell me what your favorite produce to buy in the summertime is. Let’s hang on to the summery goodness for as long as we can!

I hope you guys enjoy! And, let’s drink!

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Watermelon Ginger Green Tea

Serves: 4          Print

Ingredients:

• 2 ¼ cups water

• 1 inch piece of ginger, sliced

• 2 green tea bags

• 4 cups watermelon, chopped

• Juice of 1 lime

• 1-2 tbsp agave syrup

• Fresh mint, for garnish

Directions:

1. Add water and sliced ginger to a small sauce pan, and bring to a boil over medium high heat. Boil for 10 mins, then remove from heat. Add green tea bags to the saucepan, and allow to steep for 3 mins. Remove tea bags, and allow liquid to cool completely with the ginger still in the saucepan.

2. Meanwhile, add watermelon to a blender, and blend until liquified.

3. Use a fine mesh sieve to strain the tea mixture into a pitcher to remove the ginger. Use the same sieve to strain the watermelon juice into the pitcher to remove the pulp. Add lime juice and agave syrup, to taste. Serve over ice, and garnish with fresh mint, if desired. Enjoy!
   

Recipe notes:

*Taste your juice before adding the agave so you can get a feel for how much you need. The amount will vary based on how sweet your watermelon was to start with. 

*Any leftovers will separate a little in the fridge, but it’ll be good as new with a little stir.

*There’s no need to peel the ginger before adding it to the saucepan since we’re straining the liquid. Save a step!