Homemade Lemonade Concentrate

I’ve got way too many Meyer Lemons — and since they are sooo good, I have to do something with them. We had a little freeze here so we had to pick them all at once. Now I have them stored outside where it is cold, and I’ve given some away, but I have started juicing them and freezing the lemon juice. I even got my granddaughters to help me.

We make up the lemonade concentrate, and then when you want to make a pictcher of lemonade, it’s really quite easy. Mix 1/3 cup of concentrate with 2/3 cups of water.

You can freeze the lemon juice for a year, or you can freeze the lemonade concentrate. I just happen to have so much lemon juice, that I found it takes up less room the freezer to just freeze the juice.

Meyer Lemon Lemonade Concentrate:

First, make the lemonade concentrate by mixing all these together (I use a jar and shake them up)

1 cup Meyer Lemon Juice

1 cup sugar

1 cup water

Next, store it in the fridge and when you want lemonade follow these directions:

2/3 cups water

1/3 cup of lemonade concentrate

I love to add 100% Cranberry Juice  — which helps cut the stringent taste of straight cranberry juice. I can’t remember if I poured the lemonade first, or the cranberry juice! But it made this cool layer:

Meyer Lemons:

Meyer Lemons are sweeter than regular lemons because they are really a cross between a lemon and an orange. They were brought here from China. This tree is a great producer. I like to pick them and then let them sit on the counter until the rinds become softer and they seem to produce more juice.