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A mason jar filled with pinkish sumac lemonade and sprigs of herbs sits on a dark kitchen counter. A metal straw is in the jar. The rosemary can be seen.

Sumac Lemonade Recipe

Easy-to-make, delicious and refreshing summer drink.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Incubation time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings: 2
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: International
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

Sumac Syrup
  • 4 tbsp or 10g Ground sumac ( if you have fresh Sumac, use it instead)
  • 200 ml Tab water
  • 50 g Erythritol (You can use other sweetener of your choice or sugar)
For serving
  • 600 ml Soda water (300 per person)
  • ½ Lemon (4 tbsp of Juice and pinch of Zest)
  • 2 Sprig of rosemary
  • 5-6 cubes Ice (optional)

Equipment

  • 1 Sieve (or Tea strainer or infusor)
  • 1 Knife
  • Serving glasses
  • tbsp

Method
 

  1. Gather all the ingredients.
    Ingredients used for the sumac lemonade- from left to right- sparkling water, lemon zest, erythritol, sumac, rosemary and lemon.
Steps to make the Sumac syrup
  1. Combine the water with the Erythritol (or sweetener of your choice). Stir until the Erythritol is dissolved (approximately 1 min).
    Pouring erythritol in a glass of water and stirring it.
  2. Add the Sumac, stir and incubate for 5 min ( You can infuse the Sumac with a tea strainer).
    Pouring sumac in a glass of water and stirring it.
  3. Strain the mixture through a sieve.
    Straining the sumac through a strainer.
Serve and enjoy
  1. Zest the lemon, then cut it and squeeze the juice.
    The lemon part of the sumac lemonade. One the left- lemon cut in half and a cup filled with lemon juice.
  2. Add the ½ zest, 4 tbsp lemon juice together with a sprig of rosemary and 100 ml of the Sumac syrup in a serving glass. (This is per person). Additionally, you can add a couples of ice cubes.
    A mason jar filled with pinkish sumac lemonade and sprigs of herbs sits on a dark kitchen counter. A metal straw is in the jar. The rosemary can be seen.