Just buy a bag of about 8 lemons, squeeze the juice into a jug, cut the peel off the lemons (not the pith) and stick a bit of that in the jug too. Then add some citric acid (not sure how much) and a shitload of sugar. Then boil it for some time and let it cool.
Now you have lemonade concentrate, which you can mix with still or sparkling mineral water (NOT tap water though, if you live in London ).
P.S. Actually, I only know this because my wife is Mexican. They make damn fine lemonade in Mexico…
The embarrasing thing is my mother is actually a Yank. You would think this sort of knowledge would have been passed down in the genes. I shall go out and buy some lemons tonight, then call her up and make her feel guilty about depriving me of my roots!
Whoa there, I’ve seen a fresh-squeezed lemonade stand in Britain. (York city center, if you’re thinking of making an expedition.) They were doing a thriving business – perhaps you should go commercial with that recipe.
On the other hand, you cannot get lemon soda in the US for love nor money. I’ll take your country over mine any day.
And you can get “proper” bottled lemonade in England- it’s already prediluted with (usually) still waterit’s cloudy-dull-yellow/green (ie not bright yellow like a car or lemon rind…) & has a label on it that says something along the lines of “Traditional” Lemonade - ie it actually has some lemon in it somewhere instead of fizzy sweet colourless, water
Fi - defending our fair nation from the slanders of faulty shoppers!
Several years of careful research have concluded that “Citra” sold in the states is almost identical to Lemon Fanta, sold in Europe. Amazingly, they’re both manufactured by Coca-Cola. How 'bout that!? Citra became available around here about 2 years ago amidst great rejoicing (on my part, anyway)
However, I believe that Citra has been doctored with some slight quantity of grapefruit flavoring to make it taste more like its nearest competitor, Squirt. Which is also tasty, btw.
Well, someone may have whispered the word “lemon” somewhere near the bottle at some point, but it’s hardly what you’d call “Traditional Lemonade”. It’s really just another flavoured, carbonated beverage, just like Sprite and 7-Up.
You’ve never seen lemon Fanta? Or lemon Schweppes? Or lemon Tango (which is an abomination unto the Lord, but this thread has probably wandered far enough off course already)?
Just out of curiosity, is “soda” the right word? What’s the generic British term for a sweet, carbonated non-alcoholic beverage?
I’m going with lemonade. The comparison to coffee is unfair because coffee contains caffeine, which is a diuretic. That’s why it dehydrates you. Lemonade, on the other hand, doesn’t.
Either “pop”, or “soft drink” (with emphasis on the word “soft”), e.g. “Could I have a bottle of pop, please?” or “Do you have any soft drinks?”.
Also (just about) acceptable: “fizzy” (diminutive) or “fizzy pop” (somewhat redundant diminutive).
We don’t use the word soda, except to describe “soda water”, i.e. ordinary tap water put in a “soda syphon” - a device that carbonates the water as it is dispensed.
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Alcohol is also a diuretic.