By Candice Walker on July 23, 2024 (Last updated July 23, 2024) This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy.
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Move aside sweet lemonade, it’s time for a zingy and spicy ginger lemonade to become the drink of the summer. It’s still got that sweetness but with an irresistible zingy, spicy, gingery tang. I promise you’ll be making this all summer long.
🌟 Why You’ll Love This Recipe
A strong and tart kick of ginger: The homemade ginger syrup packs a potent ginger punch in the lemonade to counteract the sweetness of the sugar and also complement the sharp citrus flavor of the lemons
Super easy yet special lemonade: Flavored lemonade is a delicious treat and easier to make than you think. There’s no complicated method here, it takes a few simple steps to make ginger syrup. Plus, once you have it, you can use it for multiple servings of ginger lemonade.
Perfect spicy and sweet combo: Spicy and sweet get on like a house and fire! The sweet sugar and spice from the ginger make this lemonade next-level amazing.
🧾 Ingredients in This Recipe
Ginger simple syrupOR fresh ginger root and granulated sugar – Use fresh ginger and granulated sugar, brown, turbinado, or demerara. You can even use honey in this recipe.
Water – You can use any drinking water including tap, bottled, or filtered.
Lemons – About 4 lemons will yield the perfect amount of juice for this recipe.
Ice – Any ice you have to serve, or you can leave this out if you like.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
👩🍳 How to Make This Recipe
Ginger Simple Syrup
Add your sugar and water to a large saucepan. Turn the heat to medium, and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved in the water. Let it come to a light simmer, but not to a full rolling boil.
Remove the simple syrup from the heat. Add in chopped pieces of fresh ginger (skin on) and steep for 5 minutes.
Next, add all the syrup and ginger to a high-speed blender and blend the whole thing for 30 seconds.
Then, strain the ginger through a fine-mesh strainer and pour the simple syrup into a sealable container. You should store it in the fridge to keep it fresh. It’s good to use for up to 2 weeks. Or use it right away for your lemonade!
Spicy Ginger Lemonade
Pour the ginger simple syrup into your pitcher.
Cut each of your lemons in half and squeeze out as much juice as you possibly can using a fork or a juicer. Add it to the pitcher with ginger simple syrup.
Add the water and mix well to combine.
Add ice to your glasses just before serving.
⭐️ Pro Tip ⭐️
When I was recipe testing my ginger syrup, I found that recipes that only included a steeping step didn’t produce quite the potency that I was looking for. By putting whole pieces of ginger into the syrup and blending it before straining, you get an intense gingeriness that you couldn’t achieve with just steeping.
🏆 Tips for The Best Ginger Lemonade Every Time
Use freshly squeezed lemons: Bottled pre-squeezed lemon juice won’t be as tasty
Add garnish: Add slices lemons, fresh mint, and plenty of ice for the ultimate lemonade drink.
Chill your glass: Pop your serving glass in the fridge for a few minutes before pouring the lemonade for an icy cool lemonade.
🍸 Make it a Mocktail or Cocktail
Ginger Lemon Mocktail: Use sparkling or seltzer water in place of plain water for a fizzy and fun mocktail.
Ginger Lemon Cocktail: You could add a shot of limoncello for a complimentary lemon taste. Gin, rum, tequila, or vodka would also be perfect alcohol options to complement the flavors.
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Add the sugar and water to a large saucepan. Turn the heat to medium, and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved in the water. Let it come to a light simmer, but not a full rolling boil.
Remove the syrup from the heat. Add in the chopped pieces of ginger and allow to steep for 5 minutes.
Add all the contents to a high-speed blender and blend for 30 seconds.
Strain the ginger through a fine-mesh strainer and pour the simple syrup into a sealable container. Store in the fridge to keep it fresh and use for up to 2 weeks.
Ginger Lemonade
Add the ginger simple syrup to your pitcher.
Cut each lemon in half and squeeze out as much juice as possible using a fork or a juicer. Pour in the freshly squeezed lemon juice.
Add the water and mix to combine. Add ice to the glasses just before serving.
Notes
You can amp up the ginger flavor without adding more sweetener by adding up to 4-oz. of the fresh ginger. I find it to be perfect at 2-oz., but if you’re looking for more, feel free to go up to double. In my opinion, 4-oz. burns my throat a bit too much.Ginger Lemon Mocktail: Use sparkling or seltzer water in place of plain water for a fizzy and fun mocktail.Ginger Lemon Cocktail: You could add a shot of limoncello for a complimentary lemon taste. Gin, rum, tequila, or vodka would also be perfect alcohol options to complement the flavors.
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