Tamarind Drink
Refresco de Tamarindo or Tamarind fresh water is a delicious way to hydrate all year long. It's cool, refreshing, and loaded with bright fruit flavors!
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- EASY
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 8 cups water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 pound ripe tamarind pods
Instructions
- 1
In a saucepan over medium heat, combine 1 cup of the water and sugar. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved.
- 2
Allow the simple syrup to cool completely and set aside.
- 3
Shell and devein tamarind pods.
- 4
In a saucepan over medium heat, combine tamarind and 3 cups of the water.
- 5
Bring to a simmer, stirring and mashing with the back of a spoon until softened and mixture is thickened. The flesh at this point has mostly peeled from the seeds.
- 6
Set a fine-mesh sieve over a pitcher. Place tamarind pulp in the sieve and slowly add the remaining 4 cups water, mashing with the back of the spoon to extract any remaining pulp. Strain and discard seeds.
- 7
Sweeten the tamarind water with simple syrup to taste and stir well. Serve over ice.