Hot Lemonade

Ingredients

• 2 cups (400 ml) lemon juice
• 2 cups (400 ml) water
• half a cup orange blossom water
• 10–15 pods whole cardamom pods
• half a teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1 cup (200 grams) sugar
• from the squeezed lemons lemon pulp, with the seeds removed

Instructions

1. Squeeze the lemons into a bowl until you have 400 ml of lemon juice.
2. Strain the lemon juice into a bowl and add the pulp after removing the seeds.
3. Place the water and sugar in a pot over medium-high heat until the sugar dissolves and the mixture begins to boil.
4. Add the whole cardamom pods to the pot; the pods can be cracked open by hand before adding.
5. Add half a teaspoon of ground cardamom to the pot.
6. Add the lemon juice to the pot and let the mixture come to a boil.
7. Add the orange blossom water to the pot as the final step, as adding it from the beginning may weaken or evaporate its aroma.
8. Leave the mixture over the heat for about 5 minutes after adding the orange blossom water.
9. Turn off the heat, cover the pot, and leave for about a quarter of an hour.
10. Pour the drink into the strainer, then serve hot in finjans.