“Here’s my new obsession of a drink–perfect both alone as a nonalcoholic or with a shot of alcohol as a cocktail. Super easy and refreshing, this fresh watermelon juice spritzer makes an amazing soda for afternoon sipping or a lunch accompaniment.  Make enough to last the day and add some tequila or vodka to it when cocktail hour rolls around,” shares KDHamptons contributing Food Editor, and founder of ACheesemongersDaughter.com,  Claire Matern.

Ingredients
2 cups/500ml watermelon juice
seltzer
mint for garnish

Directions
* To juice the watermelon, cut it into chucks and whiz in a blender or food processor. (Start with about a quarter of a watermelon but based on size you may have to add more to the blender.)
* Lay a piece of cheesecloth over a measuring cup or tall glass and carefully pour the blended watermelon through the cheesecloth from the blender.
* Squeeze the cheesecloth to get all the juice out of the pulp, discarding the pulp into the compost or trash as you go.
* Add the fresh juice to a glass and top off with seltzer. This can be done completely on taste. I did pretty equal parts of juice to seltzer.
Garnish with fresh mint or a slice of lime.

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