If you are looking for refreshing summer drinks, be sure to also check out our Easy Brazilian Lemonade (Limeade), Horchata Mexican Drink Recipe, Strawberry Lemonade, and Homemade Hawaiian Punch Recipe! One of our favorite restaurants is Prospect in San Francisco. Paul gets to eat there often because he works downtown and goes out with clients all the time to fancy places. So when he came home from a lunch at Prospect raving about their blackberry lemonade, I knew it was something I needed to make for our family. I love making homemade lemonade. It’s one of our favorite summer traditions and something we serve often when we have company over. It’s so easy to adjust the amount of sweetness and tartness by adjusting the sugar a bit or adding more or less water if you prefer your lemonade weaker or stronger. And it’s a great recipe to play around with and add flavors to. We’ve made peach lemonade, strawberry rhubarb lemonade, and raspberry lemonade. But this blackberry lemonade may just be our favorite. It goes great with all our favorite cookout foods from bbq chicken to burgers!
How to juice a lemon
Knowing how to juice a lemon seems pretty logical, but there are a couple of tricks for getting the most lemon juice out of your lemons. Even if you don’t have a juicer, just the first three steps will help a ton if you are squeezing lemons by hand. The yield from lemons can vary depending on the size and juiciness of the lemons, but typically I would say that it takes about 5-6 lemons to get 1 cup of fresh lemon juice. I always make a large batch of lemonade that uses 2 cups of lemon juice as you will see in the recipe below, so I always need 10-12 lemons for a batch of lemonade. I’m lucky to live in an area where lots of friends and neighbors have lemon trees and they are always offering bags of fresh lemons, but when I don’t have those on hand, I typically just buy a big bag of lemons from Costco which always has enough for a batch of lemonade, plus a few extra lemons to slice and add to the pitcher for a pretty garnish.
How to make homemade blackberry lemonade
How long is homemade lemonade good for?
Homemade lemonade will theoretically last in the fridge for about a week. But at our house, it never lasts longer than 1 day.
How can I make my homemade lemonade fizzy?
One fun idea is to make your homemade lemonade sparkling or fizzy by replacing part of the water (or even all of it) with club soda. I would start with 6 cups of club soda, then taste and add more club soda or regular water until you reach the level of fizziness you enjoy. One thing to remember is that the club soda will go flat just like any other soda, so the lemonade won’t last as long. But if you are serving this homemade blackberry lemonade for a party, and combining the ingredients right before everyone arrives, then it shouldn’t be a problem. Just keep the simple syrup and lemon juice chilled in the fridge until you are ready to serve, then mix everything up in a large pitcher or dispenser.
Can I freeze homemade lemonade?
When I was a kid, I used to make lemonade granita all the time. The process is just the same as I described in my orange basil granita post. You can also pour the blackberry lemonade into a popsicle mold or even just paper cups and adding sticks to make lemonade popsicles. Or pour it into ice cube trays, freeze, then blend to make a lemonade slushie.
More Family Friendly Warm Weather Drinks You’ll Enjoy
Virgin Pina Coladas Horchata Orange Julius Brazilian Lemonade (Limeade) Raspberry Peach Italian Cream Sodas Fresh Squeezed Homemade Lemonade and check all my thirst-quenching drinks recipes here!
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