Salted Watermelon Punch

Sea salt and cardamom are the two ingredients that make this more than a watermelon soda. Salt sharpens fruit and tames sweetness, cardamom adds an aromatic lift, and there is even a little black pepper in the can working the same angle. Underneath sit watermelon and strawberry juice concentrate with lime, carbonated and sweetened with cane sugar rather than anything artificial. Mockly is a New Orleans brand that builds its cans like cocktails instead of like wellness drinks, so there are no adaptogens or functional claims attached. This is the newest flavour in the range. Serve it very cold in a punch glass with a salted rim, which doubles down on the sweet and salty thing it is already doing. It also takes an ounce and a half of tequila or vodka if you are not skipping alcohol entirely.