Cooling Honeysuckle Lemonade | 金银花柠檬水

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Cooling Honeysuckle Lemonade

Yield: 4

Author: Zoey Gong

Ingredients

Honeysuckle simple syrup

• 1 cup honeysuckle, rinsed
• 1 cup raw cane sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 navel orange peel

Lemonade

• ½ cup honeysuckle simple syrup
• ½ cup freshly juiced lemon juice
• 3 cups of water

Instructions

1. To make honeysuckle simple syrup, add the honeysuckle, sugar, water, and orange peel to a small pot, and bring to a simmer with the lid closed over medium heat. Simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove pot from heat, and let it steep for 1 hour. Pour the mixture through a mesh sieve into a glass jar.
2. To make lemonade, combine all ingredients in a pitcher, stirring with a wooden spoon to combine. Chill for an hour or so in the fridge before serving over ice.

Vegan | Gluten-free | Nut-free

Function: 

• Cool Heat and inflammation 
• Release Wind Heat to treat fever, sore throat, headache

Organ-Meridian: Large Intestine, Lung, Stomach

Energetics: Cooling

Large Intestine, Lung, Stomach, Cooling

beverage, nut-free, gluten-free, vegan

Chinese