Single Serving Lemonade with Lemon Juice (a glass of lemonade)
Learn how to make a single serving lemonade with lemon juice in minutes. This easy glass of lemonade is tart yet sweet and made with only 2 lemons or bottled lemon juice, and without a blender or juicer.
1tablespooncane sugarUse organic cane sugar for flavor
1/16teaspoonsalt*or a pinch
⅔cupcold water
½cupice
Instructions
Heat ⅓ cup of water in the microwave for 1 minute.
⅓ cup hot water
Stir in the sugar and dissolve, stirring about 15 seconds.
1 tablespoon cane sugar
Stir in the salt, and dissolve, stirring a few seconds.
1/16 teaspoon salt*
Add in ⅔ cup of cold water, and give it a single stir.
⅔ cup cold water
Juice Lemons or Measure Juice. Wash 2 fresh lemons. Microwave each whole separately, then roll ten times under your palm. Cut it in half and juice. Use a hand juicer or your hands. Remove seeds. You can also use bottled organic lemon juice.
Add the lemon juice to the water with dissolved sugar & salt.
¼ cup lemon juice
Pour over ice and enjoy!
½ cup ice
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Notes
Storage & Make Ahead. You can make this single serving lemonade 5 days ahead if you want, and it will stay delicious, covered, in the refrigerator.Variations. See the blog post for recipes to make Fruit-sweetened single serving lemonade made with green grapes, and strawberry lemonade.*Add the salt: I highly recommend adding the salt to this lemonade. The difference is memorable. Salt enhances the sweet flavor of your lemonade, it also diminishes any bitterness from your lemon juice and reduces acidity which brightens the flavor of the drink.Flavor enhancement. This lemonade tastes better icy cold so either refrigerate it or drink it over ice but fast before the ice melts and waters it down.Sweetness adjustments. Be sure to taste-test the lemonade and feel free to add a touch more sugar or lemon juice if needed to accommodate your personal tastes.