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Cherry Limeade with Fresh Lime and Maraschino Cherries

6 ingredients

8 steps

What you need

  • 2 limes, 1 for juice, 1 cut into wedges
  • 30 ml (2 tbsp) simple syrup, equal parts sugar and water, cooled
  • 4 maraschino cherries, stems removed
  • 4 tbsp maraschino cherry juice, from the jar
  • 300 ml (1 1/4 cups) lemon-lime soda, cold
  • crushed ice, to taste, enough to fill the glasses

Method

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  1. 1

    Squeeze the juice from 1 lime and cut the second lime into 2 wedges.

  2. 2

    Divide the lime juice and the simple syrup between 2 tall glasses.

  3. 3

    Drop 2 cherries into each glass.

  4. 4

    Fill both glasses to the top with crushed ice.

  5. 5

    Pour 2 tbsp of cherry juice over the ice in each glass.

  6. 6

    Top up with soda, about 150 ml per glass.

  7. 7

    Stir once or twice with a straw, taste, and add a little more syrup if it is too tart.

  8. 8

    Set a lime wedge on each rim and serve right away, while the soda is fizzy.

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