Cherry Passion Fruit Water: Recipe and How to Make It

Cherry passion fruit water is a chilled fruit-infused drink that takes 2 hours 10 minutes to prepare, including steeping, and makes about 1 liter (4¼ cups), or 4 servings. For another combination, try the ai infused water generator.

What is cherry passion fruit water?

Cherry passion fruit water is plain water steeped with cherry pieces and passion fruit pulp. The cherries give it a mellow fruit flavor, while passion fruit adds a sharper, aromatic note.

The fruit flavors the water without requiring a blender or added sweetener. For more ideas using fruit, see these berry infused water recipes.

What ingredients and ratio do you need?

This recipe uses about 150 g of fruit for each 1 liter of water. Measure the cherries after removing their pits, and use the pulp and seeds from the passion fruit rather than the rind.

Water: 1,000 ml (4¼ cups)
Cherries: 105 g (about 180 ml or ¾ cup), pitted and halved
Passion fruit pulp and seeds: 45 g (about 45 ml, 3 tablespoons or 3/16 cup)

Use sweet or sour cherries according to what you like. Sour cherries will make the finished drink more tart, especially alongside passion fruit. Choose plain drinking water; you can add ice to each glass when serving.

You will also need a clean pitcher or covered jar, a knife, a spoon and, if you want a clearer drink, a fine-mesh strainer.

How do you make cherry passion fruit water?

Prep time: 10 minutes
Refrigerated steeping time: 2 hours
Total time: 2 hours 10 minutes
Yield: About 1 liter (4¼ cups), or 4 servings

Rinse the cherries and the outside of the passion fruit under running water.
Pit the cherries, discard the pits and cut the cherries in half. Cut the passion fruit open and scoop out 45 g (about 3 tablespoons) of pulp and seeds.
Place the cherries and passion fruit pulp in the clean pitcher. Pour in 1 liter (4¼ cups) of water and stir gently.
Cover the pitcher and refrigerate for 2 hours. For a stronger flavor, steep for up to 4 hours in the refrigerator.
Strain the water if you prefer to remove the fruit and seeds, or leave them in. Pour into glasses and serve chilled.

Passion fruit seeds are edible, so straining is a matter of texture rather than a requirement. Make sure all cherry pits are removed before serving, particularly if children will be drinking it.

Why do cherry and passion fruit pair well?

Cherries give the water a rounded fruit flavor, while passion fruit brings a tart contrast. Halving the cherries exposes their flesh to the water, and the soft passion fruit pulp disperses more readily. The result can be lightly colored or cloudy, depending on how much pulp remains in the pitcher.

Both fruits contain vitamin C, but the amount that transfers into infused water is uncertain. The drink's main benefit is hydration: water supports normal body functions, including those of the liver and kidneys, which do most of the body's detoxification. Cherry passion fruit water does not flush toxins from the body.

For a simpler version of either flavor, see cherry infused water or passion fruit infused water.

How should you store cherry passion fruit water?

Keep the pitcher covered in the refrigerator and drink the water within 24 hours for the best flavor. Discard it after 2 days, or sooner if it becomes slimy, unusually cloudy or develops an off or unusually sour smell. Passion fruit pulp can make the drink cloudy from the start, so look for an unexpected change rather than cloudiness alone.

Do not leave the pitcher at room temperature for more than a few hours. Use a clean glass or ladle when serving instead of drinking directly from the storage pitcher.

How can you vary cherry passion fruit water?

Make the cherries more prominent

Replace some of the passion fruit pulp with additional pitted cherries, keeping the total fruit at about 150 g per liter of water. The flavor will be less tart and more cherry-forward.

Bring out more passion fruit

Use a little more passion fruit pulp and fewer cherries, again keeping the total fruit at about 150 g per liter. Strain before serving if you want fewer seeds in the glass.

Add a fresh herbal note

Add a small sprig of rinsed mint to the pitcher before refrigerating. Remove it when the flavor is to your liking, and keep the same chilled steeping and storage schedule.