Categories: beverages

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 cups peeled, seeded, and diced watermelon
• 1 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1 quart carbonated water

Directions

1. Bring sugar and 1/4 cup water to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until sugar dissolves.
2. Press watermelon with back of a spoon through a fine wire-mesh strainer, discarding pulp. Combine watermelon juice, sugar syrup, and lemon juice in a 2-quart pitcher. Chill.
3. Add carbonated water to juice mixture just before serving; serve over ice.

4. makes 2 quarts

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