# Homemade Sprite

A refreshing homemade Sprite recipe made with fresh lemon, lime, sugar, and sparkling water, offering a fresher alternative to canned sodas.

- Total time: 30 min
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cup sugar
- 3 lemon zest
- 6 lime zest
- 1 cup boiling water
- ice
- 0.5 lime juice
- sparkling water

## Instructions

1. Add sugar to a bowl.
2. Zest three lemons into the bowl with sugar.
3. Zest six limes into the bowl with sugar and lemon zest.
4. Mix the sugar, lemon zest, and lime zest until it feels like white sand.
5. Add a little boiling water to the mixture.
6. Whisk until all ingredients are incorporated.
7. Strain the syrup mixture to remove the zest and let it cool in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
8. Add ice to a glass.
9. Add one-fourth cup of the cooled syrup to the glass.
10. Add the juice of half a lime to the glass.
11. Fill the glass with sparkling water.
12. Stir the drink.
13. Serve and enjoy your homemade Sprite.

## Equipment

- bowl
- grater
- whisk
- strainer
- glass
- citrus juicer
- spoon

## Tips

- Homemade Sprite loses fizz quickly because it can’t trap high-pressure CO₂ like factory-sealed cans or bottles, but it makes up for it by being fresher and free of preservatives or excess corn syrup.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/670351502740568
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/6882f3e9-b8bc-4dbe-a5cc-622a324a5e17
- Extracted: 2025-10-10

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