Making Homemade Lemonade: The Easy Recipe

Lemonade, which is a sparkling variation of lemonade, requires only a few ingredients: lemons, sugar, and sparkling water. But in order for your drink to be perfectly balanced and refreshing, you need to use the right preparation method and proportions. We offer you an easy recipe to prepare a delicious homemade lemonade yourself.

Ingredients

Here are the necessary ingredients to prepare 75 cl of homemade lemonade:

2 large organic lemons
50 g of sugar
15 to 20 cl of still water
60 cl of sparkling water

Note: for this recipe, you also need a mechanical stopper bottle with a capacity of 75 cl. This stopper is specially designed to preserve the effervescence of beverages such as lemonade or beer. Feel free to reuse glass bottles from store-bought drinks, it's more environmentally friendly.

Lemon cutting

If you think that you can make homemade lemonade by simply mixing lemon juice, sugar, and sparkling water, you are completely wrong! The resulting drink will not have the right lemon taste that makes lemonade successful.

To obtain a good citrus flavor, you need to prepare a lemon infusion with the whole fruit, including the peel, and boiling water.

1- Cut a lemon in half. Set aside one half (for glass decoration, for example) and cut the other half into slices.

2- Cut each slice into four pieces as shown in the photo below.

Preparing lemon infusion

Here is the method to follow to prepare lemon infusion, which serves as the base for a good homemade lemonade:

1- In a pitcher, place the lemon pieces with 50g of sugar.

2- Bring 20cl of water to a boil in a kettle.

3- Pour 15 to 20cl of boiling water into the pitcher to cover the other ingredients.

4- Let this mixture infuse at room temperature for at least one hour.

Adding lemon juice

The next step of the recipe is to add fresh lemon juice to your infusion to bring the right amount of acidity to your homemade lemonade.

1- Squeeze the second lemon.

2- Add the lemon juice to the pitcher.

3- Stir with a wooden spoon to dissolve the sugar well.

Adding sparkling water

You just need to add the finishing touch to your homemade lemonade, I'm of course talking about the bubbles!

1- Filter the lemon and sugar mixture into your 75 cl mechanical cap bottle.

2- Fill with approximately 60 cl of sparkling water until the bottle is full.

3- Keep your homemade drink in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

You can serve this delicious lemonade by decorating it with lemon slices and, if desired, adding a mint leaf or lemon verbena leaf to give it a fragrance.