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Homemade Lemon Drink - December 2019

With Christmas, school holidays and a long, hot summer forecast, I know we'll be going through lots of icy cold drinks. I limit soft drinks and cordials, but every now and then a nice refreshing drink hits the spot. I make this lemon cordial/drink using lemon juice from our own lemons to keep the cost down. It's really simple and tastes great.

Place 1 cup of boiling water in a 2 litre jug then add 1 cup of sugar and stir to dissolve. Add the juice of 2 lemons (more if you like a stronger lemon flavour), 1 teaspoon  of lemon essence and 1 teaspoon cream of tartar. Mix well,  then add enough cold water to make up 2 litres.  Stir and chill. I recycle 2 litre cordial bottles I've rinsed for this. Keep it in the fridge for up to 7 days. To make your drink even nicer, freeze some of the cordial and add the ice blocks to the chilled drink. They won't water it down like water ice-blocks do. Total cost is around 50 cents per 2 litres if you grow your own lemons and I buy Queen lemon essence from my local IGA (the other supermarkets don't seem to stock it anymore!).
Contributed by Paula Campbell
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