My friend Robin is in Paris, yeah !…Last Tuesday I took her to my fav' part of Paris : the Aligre Market and its neighborhood. She wanted to see all the places I had mentioned on my blog in a specific post about “my off the beaten path Paris”.
I am sure you are thinking “OK, nice story, but what does it have to do with lemonade ???”. Well, that day, after having pounced on Moisan pastries, gotten drunk at “Le Baron Rouge” wine bar, I took her to “le Pause Café Bastille” where her traveling companion Chris ordered a lemonade. see following



Robin : “Mmmm, this lemonade is a bit too tart for me”
Me : “Tart ??? What do you mean ? Tart, like in « apple tart » ???”
Robin, laughing out loud : “hahaha ! yes, it is spelled the same way, but it also means « sour »!!”Me : “Ahhh, OK, one learns everyday…”This is how this funny misunderstanding made me want to share my “non-tart” lemonade recipe with you…

My Home-made Lemonade (For about 4 cups) :
3 3/4 cups mineral water
The juice of 6 limes
The juice of 1 lemon
The juice of half an orange
1 tbsp orange blossom water
3 tbsp granulated sugar

Pour the water in a sauce pan and add the sugar. Heat over low heat until sugar is dissolved. Let cool at room temperature for 5 minutes.
In an empty bottle of plastic, pour the juice of the lemons (limes and regular lemon) and of the orange, using a funnel. Add the “syrupy » water. Carefully close the bottle with its lid, and mix well. Add the orange blossom and mix again. Taste and add water or sugar according to your taste.
Refrigerate and serve in a nice carafe with some ice cubes (not too many as to not dissolve the taste).
My tip : in order to obtain as many juice as possible from the limes, "massage them", rolling them strongly on the working surface, before cutting and squeezing them.