Lemonade! It's such a simple, refreshing treat, and every family seems to have their own recipe. It usually goes something like this: lemons, water, and some sort of sweetener. After 7 generations in the honey industry, you probably guessed our family's choice of "some sort of sweetener". We prefer our lemonade sweetened with the best honey from Wisconsin - Honey Acres' Clover Honey.
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 1/2 cups fresh lemon juice (about 4 large lemons)
- 1 cup Honey Acres' Clover Honey (about 12 oz of honey)
- 8 cups water
DIRECTIONS:
- Roll your lemons on your counter or tabletop to make them extra juicy. Use a citrus press or your hands to squeeze the juice into your measuring container.
- Mix the honey, lemon juice, and one cup of water in a large pitcher or carafe until honey is dissolved. Honey does not dissolve easily in cold water, but it dissolves easily in lemon juice, so don't skip this step.
- Add the remaining 7 cups of water.
- Give it a taste and adjust with extra honey, lemon juice, or water as your tastebuds see fit.
- Add ice, lemon slices for garnish, and enjoy!
TIPS:
This is a large batch, so squeeze the lemons before anything else. If you have less lemon juice, just adjust as you see fit.
Feeling adventurous? Take your lemonade to another level by using different varietals of honey. Orange Blossom, Wildflower, and Buckwheat will impart their own unique flavors onto the lemonade.
Feeling fancy? Adding fruit or herbal elements to your lemonade elevates your drink. We love adding things like strawberries, blueberries, orange slices, mint, lavender, or hibiscus to steep our carafe.
Try it out and let us know what you think!