# Food Science Lemonade

A refreshing lemonade recipe made with a food science twist, focusing on extracting flavor from the lemon skin.

- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 cups sugar
- 8 zest lemons
- 2 cups water
- 1 whole lemon
- ice
- lemon syrup
- water

## Instructions

1. Zest eight lemons into a bowl of sugar.
2. Massage sugar and zest together to extract lemon oils.
3. Add the sugar mixture to a pan with water.
4. Bring to a boil then kill the heat.
5. Strain the syrup.
6. If you want a super clear syrup, run it through a coffee filter.
7. Add ice to glass.
8. Squeeze in one whole lemon.
9. Sweeten with lemon syrup.
10. Top it off with water.

## Equipment

- knife
- bowl
- microplane
- saucepan
- spatula
- strainer
- coffee filter

## Tips

- Avoid getting the white part of the lemon when zesting to prevent bitterness.
- For a super clear syrup, run it through a coffee filter.

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdDLD7QF/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/a494f6b8-bd0e-4cee-8f8e-bb38fac442ff
- Extracted: 2025-06-15

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