Okay, so today I figured I’d try making my own pure drinks at home. You know, the kind that tastes clean, no mystery ingredients? Sounded simple enough, let me tell you how it actually went down.
Getting Stuff Together
First thing, I had to round up what I needed. Rooted through my kitchen cupboards – found some lemons hanging out on the counter, grabbed my biggest glass jug for mixing, and snagged a bag of sugar from the pantry. For the “pure” part, I dug deep and found a bottle labeled “spring water” at the back. Didn’t have fancy filters, so that would have to do.
Oh, and a strainer. Almost forgot the strainer! Needed that for later.
The Actual Making Part
Alright, here’s where the real fun started:
- Chopped lemons: Just hacked away at a few lemons on my cutting board. Cut ’em into chunky slices, didn’t bother removing all the seeds. Thought, “Eh, the strainer’ll catch ’em later.”
- Dumped it all in: Tossed those lemon chunks straight into the big jug. Heard a satisfying thud, thud, thud.
- Sugar water: Poured maybe… two cups? Or was it three? Didn’t measure exactly. Just scooped sugar into a pot with some of the spring water, put it on the stove and cranked the heat. Stirred it like crazy until the sugar vanished. Got distracted by a notification on my phone and almost let it boil over. Whoops!
- Mixed it up: Carefully (okay, maybe a bit sloppily) poured the hot sugar water into the jug with the lemons. It smelled pretty good already! Then I poured in the rest of the big bottle of spring water. Sloshed it all around with a big wooden spoon. Spoon wasn’t super clean, but hey, germs die in sugar, right?
- Waited… and strained: Let the whole jug sit on the counter for a couple of hours. Honestly, I forgot about it for a bit longer. When I remembered, those lemon chunks looked sad and soggy. Got my strainer ready over a big pitcher. Poured the mix slowly. Pushed down on the lemon pulp with the spoon to get all the juice out. Ended up with a pitcher full of cloudy yellow liquid. Success? Looked drinkable!
The End Result?
Poured myself a glass over ice. Took a sip. Damn, it was sweet. Maybe I put in too much sugar? But the lemon taste came through bright! Zero fizziness, which honestly felt kinda refreshing for a change. Definitely tasted pure, just lemons, water, sugar. Nothing hiding in there.
Messy? Yeah, my counter was sticky. Worth it? Totally. Tasted way better than anything from a plastic bottle, that’s for sure. Not a professional brew by any means, but hey, I made it! Next time, maybe try with oranges? Or maybe chill it longer… let’s see. Simple stuff works.
