MartinTravels Recipe ‹ Bitter Lemon Soda

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!

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

Cooking 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.

Nutrition Facts

• calories121.9
• carbohydrateContent32.8 g
• fiberContent0.3 g
• proteinContent0.3 g
• sodiumContent5 mg
• sugarContent28.9 g