Instructions

• Step 1: Combine ingredients Put all of the ingredients except the sugar in the saucepan and bring the mixture to a boil.
• Step 2: Simmer Reduce the heat to low, cover the pan, and simmer for 20 minutes.
• TIP: Spice to your taste with allspice berries, salt, coriander, orange peel, bitters, and lemons or limes.
• Step 3: Strain Remove the mixture from the heat and strain out all the solids with a fine strainer.
• Step 4: Repeat straining Strain the mixture again, this time through a coffee filter.
• Step 5: Add sugar Put the strained mixture back into the pan, bring it to a simmer, and add the sugar. Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
• Step 6: Refrigerate Pour the syrup into a bottle or container that can be tightly sealed and refrigerate.
• Step 7: Add syrup and serve Add syrup to soda water to taste. Serve over ice, or use in cocktails.
• FACT: Cinchona bark contains quinine, which for centuries was the most common anti-malarial remedy in the world.

You Will Need

• 4 c. water
• 3 tbsp. cinchona
• 6 tbsp. citric acid
• 3 limes
• 3 stalks of chopped lemongrass
• 3 c. sugar
• A bottle or container
• Soda water
• Large saucepan
• Mixing spoon
• Strainer
• Coffee filter
• Allspice berries (optional)
• Salt (optional)
• Coriander (optional)
• Orange peel (optional)
• Bitters (optional)
• Lemons or limes (optional)