Materials you'll need
- Coconut water
- Orange juice
- Fresh lemon juice
- Honey
- Salt
- Ice
- Mason jar
- Measuring cup
- Lemon Squeezer (optional)
- Straw (optional, for serving)
Step-by-step tutorial
Step 1: Pour 1 cup of coconut water into your jar.
Step 2: Add 1/4 cup of orange juice.
Step 3: Squeeze in 2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice.
Step 4: Stir in 1 teaspoon of honey.
Step 5: Add a pinch of salt.
Step 6: Stir well until everything is fully combined.
Step 7: Add ice, pop in a straw, and try your homemade sports drink.
Learn more
This drink works thanks to electrolytes — minerals like sodium and potassium that your body loses through sweat and needs to refill to keep your muscles and nerves working right. Coconut water is naturally loaded with potassium, and the pinch of salt brings in the sodium coconut water is missing, so together they cover both bases. Even the honey has a job: its natural sugar helps your gut pull sodium — and the water riding along with it — into your bloodstream faster, the same trick doctors use in rehydration drinks. So this jar is both refreshing and built like a real sports drink.
