#however the amount of bad lemonades out there in the world makes the lemon lover in me cry.

[ultimateinferno]

There's a certain tragedy regarding the simplicity of lemonade and the frequency of people fucking it up.

#hyperbole but w/e #like making good lemonade isnt that hard to the point that having good lemonade isnt really an accomplishment #however the amount of bad lemonades out there in the world makes the lemon lover in me cry. #anyways: how to improve your lemonade. 1st taste along the way. 2nd instead of adding sugar directly to water instead make simple syrup #simple syrup is 1 part sugar to 1 part water. boiling the water speeds up the solution. #2:1 sugar:water makes it shelf stable if you want to use the syrup for cocktails #anyways after you dissolve the sugar and heat the water turn off the stove and put the zest from your lemons youre using in the syrup #this will steep and draw out the oils (which have a lot of lemon flavor). this lets you strengthen the taste of your lemonade w/o the sour #but still use the juice for the tartness because tart lemonades are great #in fact you can actually throw other stuff into the syrup to steep if theres a lot of flavor in the oil #i sometimes put chopped mint and green chilies. thats makes good lemonades #you can also do ginger; cardamom; anise; honestly any spice #just fucking treat the hot syrup like it was tea. hell put tea in the syrup #as long as you strain the solids out of the syrup you just use it in place of the sugar when combining it and the juice and water #How To Drink youtube channel has a vid all about making syrups; both conventional and not #you can also make more fruity syrups by throwing fruits in a pot like strawberries with a bit of water; heat it; and just smash the bastards #strain the solids once again; reduce and you have syrups that you can then add to your lemonade #add sugar too to your fruit syrups theres not enough natural sugars to make the quantity you want #if you keep these syrups in little bottles you can honestly mix and match for all kinds of drinks #like club soda + these syrups and this is just normal soda but with funky flavors #you want to drink a god damn black pepper soda you cam #i think this escaped me #the power of syrups is potent