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Easy Agua de Pina Recipe (Mexican Pineapple Water)

By Christina | Food Apparel 7 Comments

Get some great refreshment with this Agua de Pina Recipe! Fresh pineapple in liquid form – amazing!

Agua de Pina (Mexican Pineapple Water). This drink is amazing and refreshing!

Aguas Frescas = Pure Refreshment.

What do you think of when you hear flavored water? Those bottled water concoctions that have I’m not quite sure what is in them?

Although I’ll drink those occasionally when they are around, they are kind of a “thanks, but no thanks” for me.

No, what I think of is Mexican-style! Aguas frescas baby!

They got their stuff together. If you have ever been to any authentic Mexican cuisine, you will know that they have many “flavored” waters. Which some people might just call juice, but, no, I think they are appropriately named “agua de” for all the right reasons.

Agua de Pina (Mexican Pineapple Water). This drink is amazing and refreshing!

I lived in California for a stint and one of the highlights of my week was the visit to a friendly neighbor who fed me a great meal, always served with either Agua de Pina (Pineapple Water) or Agua de Sandia (Watermelon Water). Let me tell you, put either of those on ice, and they are THE BEST source of refreshment.

Making Agua Fresca is Simple.

How do you make them, you ask? Easy!

Fruit.

Water.

Blender.

Sugar.

Strain.

Done.

Agua de Pina (Mexican Pineapple Water). This drink is amazing and refreshing!

Here’s what I do to make the process faster.

Agua de Pina (Mexican Pineapple Water). This drink is amazing and refreshing!

1) Don’t get too picky about your cutting. Just cut off the skin, cut out the core, and cut your chunks. If you have a powerful blender (I love using my Blendtec for this), you can leave these a little bigger, no prob.

Agua de Pina (Mexican Pineapple Water). This drink is amazing and refreshing!

2) You will get A LOT of pulp when you blend a pineapple. I usually blend the initial batch with about 2 cups water.

Agua de Pina (Mexican Pineapple Water). This drink is amazing and refreshing!

3) Then I pour 2 more cups in before straining. See the difference in these two pictures above? The additional water added after the blend helps the pulp separate better and more quickly from the juice. Then you can just skim the majority of the froth off of the top and then pour the rest through a mesh sieve. Easy!

Agua de Pina (Mexican Pineapple Water). This drink is amazing and refreshing!

What are you waiting for? Go and make some of this!

*Note: Some people use something called “essence of pineapple” which is basically some sort of imitation pineapple extract when making Agua de Pina. If you are making this for commercial use, maybe that’s the way to go, but I definitely prefer sticking to the basics!

Agua de Pina (Mexican Pineapple Water). This drink is amazing and refreshing!
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Easy Agua de Pina Recipe (Mexican Pineapple Water)

Course Drinks
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Author Christina Lakey

Ingredients

  • 1 fresh ripe pineapple skinned, cored, and cut into chunks
  • 8-9 cups of water divided
  • 1-2 cups of granulated sugar depending on taste

Instructions

  1. Put your pineapple chunks in a blender.
  2. Add about 2 cups water.
  3. Blend until pulverized.
  4. Add about an additional 2 cups of water so that the foam will separate from the juice.
  5. Use a spoon to get the majority of the foamy pulp out.
  6. Pour the drink through a fine mesh sieve to strain the rest of the pulp. You may want to do this a couple times.
  7. Stir in the rest of the water and sugar until desired flavor and sweetness.

Recipe Notes

As mentioned in the comments, you can use a simple syrup to replace the sugar. A simple syrup is made by either 1:1 ratio of 1:2 ratio of water to granulated sugar (depending how thick you want the syrup to be). Heat until just starting to boil and sugar is dissolved.

I personally like just using the granulated sugar because I feel like it dissolves just fine in the juice but if you are wanting to make sure that it is perfectly smooth, a simple syrup is a great solution. I would recommend cooling the syrup before using it though, or adding a lot of ice because I like this drink coldy cold cold! 😀

Agua de Pina (Mexican Pineapple Water). This drink is amazing and refreshing!

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I'm Christina and I'm a self-proclaimed foodie and chocoholic! I am a real estate broker by trade. I have a wonderful husband, 3 girls 4 and under (crazy!!!) and a hyper dog. Want to know my quirks? Go here for a little Q&A.

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Comments

  1. nicole (thespicetrain.com) says

    May 4, 2015 at 5:31 pm

    Wow, even just looking at that is refreshing. Yum! 🙂

    Reply
    • Food Apparel says

      May 5, 2015 at 3:39 pm

      Thank you Nicole! I absolutely love this drink.

      Reply
  2. Lidia says

    March 3, 2018 at 4:38 pm

    It’s better is you make a simple syrup with sugar and add that.

    Reply
    • Food Apparel says

      March 24, 2018 at 1:13 am

      Lidia – yes a simple syrup works great, too! I’ve just found that the granulated sugar dissolves just fine for my taste and I really don’t notice a difference, so I don’t bother with that extra step unless I already have some simple syrup on hand.

      Reply
  3. Heidi says

    December 10, 2018 at 7:06 pm

    Why does America add sugar to everything? Aqua de Pina in Mexico has no added sugar and it is perfectly wonderful that way!

    Reply
    • Christina Lakey says

      March 18, 2019 at 10:52 pm

      Hey Heidi! I’ve had fresh fruit in Mexico and Costa Rica – some of the most amazing pineapple (among other fruit) of my life! Usually the stuff we get here in the states unfortunately is picked greener because of transport and isn’t going to be up to that standard of natural sweetness. My Latin American friends here in the states also add sugar for this reason, both in home and commercial use.

      Reply
    • Marie Chess says

      March 27, 2019 at 6:27 pm

      I am going to try this to help my digestion issues and it looks refreshing. I agree with Heidi – why add sugar!!!! We are suppose to reduce the sugar in our diets. If the fresh pineapple is a little under ripe when purchased, wait until it ripens before cutting.

      Reply

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