☀️ SUN SHIELD COOLER

Coconut water, fresh watermelon juice, basil, lime

📂 Category: AwakeWellness – Conscious Cocktail Bar

🔸 Drink Type: 🫗 Seasonal Sips

🍹 Drink: Sun Shield Cooler

🧠 Truth Trigger:  “Hydration isn’t about guzzling—it’s about absorption.”

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💧 Why It Matters:

Forget Gatorade. This is a cellular hydration formula with nature’s electrolytes and antioxidant armour.
Watermelon and coconut water deliver potassium, magnesium, and L-citrulline to cool the body from the inside out.

Perfect for long beach days, post-hike resets, or just reclaiming your summer.

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🔪 Prep Time: 5 min

🌪 Blend Time: 30 sec

⏱️ Total Time: 5-7 min

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🍉  Ingredients:

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• 1 cup fresh watermelon chunks (seedless or de-seeded)

• 1 cup pure coconut water (no added sugar or flavouring)

• 3–4 fresh basil leaves

• Juice of 1 lime

• Pinch of sea salt (optional but powerful)

• Ice (optional)

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🌀 Instructions:

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1️⃣ Blend the watermelon until smooth — strain if you want it pulp-free.

2️⃣ Add coconut water, lime juice, and sea salt. Stir gently.

3️⃣ Slap the basil leaves (yes, slap!) to release their oils — then stir in.

4️⃣ Pour over ice, garnish with lime or basil if you’re feeling extra.

5️⃣ Sip like someone who knows the body is 70% water—and not a single percent should be corporate-owned.

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💫 Optional Spirit Pairing

(if you’re choosing to spike it)

This one’s built to hydrate the soul and the cells—no proof required.

But if you’re feeling festive and want to give it a spirited twist, we won’t stop you.

Just spike it with intention.

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🧪 Best paired with:

• 🍃 Cucumber or lime-forward gin (light and botanical)

• 🍍 White rum (think beachy but not sugary)

• 🍉 Watermelon-infused vodka or clean agave spirit

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⚠️ Alcohol may dampen some of the drink’s functional benefits—especially hydration and electrolyte retention. But hey… we’re not your parents. We trust you to sip like a sovereign.

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📏 Suggested Pour (for 2 servings):

• Add 1½–2 oz total (¾–1 oz per glass) of your chosen spirit after the muddling step, before topping with sparkling water.

• For best balance, reduce sweetener slightly if your spirit is already sweet.

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Because sometimes the sun hits just right…

and you want to glow from the inside—with or without the buzz.

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☀️ Truth Drop:

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🥤 Sports drinks are a sugar scam—with a side of artificial dye and electrolyte marketing spin.

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🍉 Your body doesn’t need lab-made lightning—it needs minerals, real fruit, and hydration that speaks your biology.

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This isn’t a cooler. It’s a shield.

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🌈 Closing Vibe:

Hydrate like a rebel.
Glow like it’s your birthright.

Launch with light.