Whats your favorite summertime drink?

[Lynne]

I have just discovered my favourite.
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Home made cloudy - and fizzy lemonade!

5 Lemons, zest juice and what the heck throw the rest in the pot too.
300mls water.
250g sugar
1tsp citric acid
2.5 litres bottled water.
EC1118 Champagne yeast.

Zest and juice lemons, put everything in a pot with 300mls water and 250g sugar. Boil for 10 minutes.
Add citric acid, strain through muslin square into 2,5L bottled water. Add a sprinkle of champagne yeast into the bottle and shake well.
Leave for a few hours, shake often.
then bottle into small glass coke bottles and ONE plastic coke bottle.
**** NOTE ***** The plastic coke bottle is important !!!!

Leave somewhere warm for 3 days only.
Check the plastic bottle by pressing the sides If it feels hard similar to a standard bottle of coke then it is done.

Pasteurise at 68-78C for 30 minutes in a water bath. Add the bottles to warm water and warm up - don't shock and wear safety glasses/ cover pan while heating.

Makes about 10 bottles. Store chilled.
Alcohol content less than 0.6% - and the fermentation is needed to produce the fizz naturally.
- all natural, organic if you want, no preservative, traditional...lovely!

This sounds great but a lot of work.

 

[ozentity]

Lipton Ice Tea,peach flavour.Dont know if this is just an Aussie drink.I've always drank cold tea left in the pot since I was about 3.

 

[Lynne]

Lipton Ice Tea,peach flavour.Dont know if this is just an Aussie drink.I've always drank cold tea left in the pot since I was about 3.

Anything with peach flavor is good !

 

[Rowan2222]

This sounds great but a lot of work.

It's no worse than baking or cooking or brewing your own beer and wine....which I also do. Yes it is a bit of effort, but I think the results are worth it.
I also make pickles, grow what I can of my own food, make jam, repair my own vehicles, clothes, I used to make candles and keep bees but don't have the room now.
It is all effort, but somehow satisfying.

 

[Lynne]

It's no worse than baking or cooking or brewing your own beer and wine....which I also do. Yes it is a bit of effort, but I think the results are worth it.
I also make pickles, grow what I can of my own food, make jam, repair my own vehicles, clothes, I used to make candles and keep bees but don't have the room now.
It is all effort, but somehow satisfying.

Wow, that is so great. It’s kind of like a hobby. We will have to learn more about these processes in the future.