Barley Lemon Water Recipe
Barley water with lemon — cloudy, faintly nutty and softer on the tongue than lemonade.
- Category: Mocktail
- Glass: Highball glass
- ABV: 0%
- Difficulty: Medium
- Alcohol-free: ✓
Ingredients
- Barley water160 ml
- Fresh lemon juice30 ml
- Simple syrup20 ml
How to Make It
- Simmer pearl barley in water for thirty minutes, then strain and chill the liquid.
- Fill a highball glass with ice.
- Add the barley water, lemon juice and syrup, then stir.
- Garnish with a lemon wheel.
Garnish
Lemon wheel
The Story
Served at Wimbledon since 1935 and drunk in British households long before that; the barley is what makes it cloudy.
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