Fresh lemon juice

Energy: ~22 kcal / 100 ml (planning figure — the product label is the final reference)

Shelf life: Best fresh. Squeezed and strained, it holds one working day refrigerated in a sanitized, dated bottle — discard at close.

Storage: Whole lemons: cool and dry. The day's juice: refrigerated, sealed, dated.

• Lemonade and lemon-mint
• The sour half of mojito-zero and house citrus cordials
• Balancing fruit coolers that lean too sweet
• A squeeze keeps house purées from browning

Wash and sanitize, roll the lemon firmly to loosen the juice, squeeze, and strain out the seeds. Bottle it sanitized and dated in the fridge, for that day only.

Very acidic — frequent exposure can wear tooth enamel; a straw helps. A vitamin C source like the rest of the citrus family.

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