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Ingredients

• 140 g fresh ginger, coarsely grated (no need to peel)
• 4 tbsp light muscovado or soft brown sugar
• 3 lemons (zest of 1, juice of all)
• 1 l soda or sparkling water, chilled
• 4 sprigs Mint
• Ice

Method

1. Put the grated ginger and sugar in a large jug and press them together with a spoon or muddler until the sugar is damp and the ginger juicy.
2. Add the lemon zest and juice and stir well.
3. Pour in the sparkling water slowly (it will foam up), stir gently and leave to infuse for 10 min.
4. Taste: add more sugar if it is too sharp, more lemon if too sweet. Strain through a sieve into a clean jug.
5. Serve over ice with a sprig of mint in each glass.

Tips

• Longer steeping makes it hotter; 10 minutes gives a gentle kick, 20 a fiery one.
• Unlike brewed ginger beer this is not fermented, so it contains no alcohol at all.

Sources

Written in our own words after cross-checking these recipes:

Jamie Oliver BBC Good Food