Bitter Lemon Soda recipe

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Ingredients

1 ½ cups white sugar
1 ½ cups water
1 lemon, zested
2 sprigs fresh lavender
3 cups lemon juice
4 cups ice cubes, or as needed
1 (11 fluid ounce) bottle cold tonic water, or more as needed

Nutrition Info

121.9 calories
carbohydrate: 32.8 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: : -
fiber: 0.3 g
protein: 0.3 g
saturatedFat: : -
servingSize: -
sodium: 5 mg
sugar: 28.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Combine sugar, water, lemon zest, and lavender in a pot and cover, bring to a boil. Cook mixture until sugar is dissolved, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove pot from heat and cool syrup to room temperature, about 15 minutes.

  2. Pour lemon juice into a pitcher, strain syrup into lemon juice, and stir until concentrate is evenly mixed. Refrigerate concentrate until chilled, at least 1 hour.

  3. Fill serving glasses with ice and pour about 2 ounces concentrate into each glass, top with tonic water and stir.

Recipe Yield

12 servings

Recipe Note

This is very much like Krest® Bitter Lemon (found in Africa) or Schweppes® Bitter Lemon (found in Europe). Unfortunately there is nothing comparable found in the USA, but this comes pretty darn close! This is the perfect thirst quencher for a blistering hot day!

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