Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup lime juice, plus rind from 1 lime
- 6 to 8 drops green food coloring
- 4 cups ice
- 1 liter club soda or seltzer
- 4 lime slices, for garnish
Directions
In a small pot on medium heat dissolve sugar in water. Raise the heat, add the lime rind and bring to a boil. Lower the heat to a simmer and cook until slightly reduced. Remove from heat and discard the lime rinds. Stir in the food coloring and cool.
Fill 4 glasses with ice and distribute the lime syrup and lime juice, to taste, into each glass. Top with seltzer and stir. Garnish with lime slices.
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By CookingInSBay
West Coast
on February 06, 2011
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We loved this homemade soda! I have never tried making my own soda drink and this is so, so much better than anything in a bottle or can. I have a lime tree and I'm always looking for recipes that use limes. This one is easy and can be used with any citrus in my opinion. I've used it with lemons and I'm going to try it with my Meyer lemons next.
By earth_in_truder...
hawthorne, 43
on August 24, 2010
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i tried this using water instead of club soda because i was too lazy to get to the store. i also used lemon instead of a lime. it came out GREAT!!! my only concern is the amount of sugar used. i always aim for healthier options so next time i might try adding more lime/lemon rind to the water/sugar solution in efforts to stretch the syrup a bit more. using this recipe, we're putting in almost the same amount of sugar per serving that you'd get in a can of pepsi or other commercial soda. i want to try to lower it a bit to make it a bit healthier...other than that i think this idea is great and it tastes great, even with lemon!
i might get creative and try a ton of other flavors...lol
By cacrecy_4487517
Fairfield, CA
on March 20, 2010
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I tried it after I had went to a Puerto Rican restaurant and had it! It was almost as good as the one I had in the restaurant. I will need to perfect the process but I can't wait to try it again and maybe add a little vodka or light rum!
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