Drinks

Lemonade

Fresh-squeezed lemonade made the simple way — just lemons, sugar and water, no shortcuts needed.

10 minprep
no cookcook
4–6servings
Easydifficulty

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Method

1

Make a simple syrup

Warm 1 cup of the water with the sugar in a small saucepan, stirring until dissolved. Set aside to cool.

2

Juice the lemons

Juice the lemons, straining out any seeds.

3

Combine

Stir the lemon juice, sugar syrup and the remaining 3 cups of cold water together in a jug.

4

Chill and serve

Chill until cold, then serve over ice with lemon slices and mint.

TipTaste before serving — depending on how sweet or tart your lemons are, you may want to adjust the sugar slightly.