Time: 25 min.
Complexity: easily
Servings: 4

Healthy homemade lemonade is great not only in summer but also in winter, especially if you want to offer guests a unique drink. Prepare this lemonade, flavored with cinnamon, ginger, and anise, for the winter holidays. You can make the spiced syrup ahead of time for a quick batch of lemonade anytime.

Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups of sugar
• 3 cinnamon sticks
• 3 star anise
• 8 cm fresh ginger root, peeled and thinly sliced
• 6 cups chilled seltzer water
• 1.5 cups lemon juice (6–8 lemons)

Substituting ingredients
Measuring containers used

1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.

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Preparation:

Step 1
• Combine sugar, cinnamon sticks, anise, ginger, and 1.5 cups of water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, remove from heat, and let cool to room temperature. Strain.
Step 2
• Combine the strained syrup, cold seltzer water, and lemon juice in a large pitcher. Stir and pour into glasses filled with ice.

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