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Ingredients

• 100 g Sugar
• 120 ml Water
• 6 limes (about 120 ml juice), plus the zest of 1
• ½ tsp Salt
• 800 ml chilled soda water
• 720 ml crushed ice
• 4 sprigs Mint (optional)

Method

1. Simmer the sugar, water and lime zest for 3–4 minutes, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Cool, then strain.
2. Stir the lime juice and salt into the cooled syrup. Taste: it should be very sour, sweet and just slightly salty.
3. Fill four glasses with crushed ice, pour a quarter of the lime syrup into each, and top up with soda water. Stir and add mint if you like.

Tips

• The pinch of salt is the Thai secret: it makes the lime taste brighter and more thirst-quenching.
• The syrup keeps for a week in the fridge.

Sources

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

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