Description
A simple recipe for making refreshing lemon and ginger soda at home.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup fresh ginger, peeled and sliced
- 1 cup sugar
- 8 cups water
- Yeast (optional, for carbonation)
Instructions
- Combine ginger, sugar, and 4 cups of water in a saucepan.
- Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Remove from heat and let the ginger steep for 30 minutes.
- Strain the ginger solids from the liquid.
- Add the lemon juice and the remaining 4 cups of water to the ginger liquid. Stir well.
- If you want carbonation, pour the mixture into clean, sealable bottles, leaving about 1 inch of headspace. Add a tiny pinch of yeast to each bottle (optional).
- Seal the bottles and let them sit at room temperature for 1 to 3 days to carbonate. Check pressure daily.
- Refrigerate when the desired carbonation level is reached.
Notes
- For a non-carbonated version, simply skip the yeast and bottle the mixture directly into serving containers.
- Adjust the amount of ginger to control the spice level.
- Use filtered water for the best flavor.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 20 min
- Category: Beverage
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8 oz
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 30g
- Sodium: 5mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 31g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
Keywords: lemon ginger ale, homemade soda, natural soda, ginger drink, lemon drink