Summer Drinks - Homemade Lemon Barley Water Kit - Old Hamlet, Beach Hut Box details and description
One Old Hamlet packet with 2 sachets to make traditional Lemon Barley cordial - a real taste of our rural past. Each sachet will make about one litre of lemon barley concentrate. This is then diluted with lemonade or sparkling mineral water for a chilled refreshing drink of lemon barley.
Ingredients: Pearl Barley, Demerara Sugar, Lemon Peel. Allergens: Ingredients In Bold.
Instructions For Lemon Barley Water: Take 2 lemons and grate the peel thinly. Add the grated lemon peel into a pan, and 1 Old Hamlet lemon barley sachet and 1 litre of water. Bring the lemon barley mixture to the boil, cover the pan and gently simmer for 1.5 hours, then remove from the heat.
In another pan, add 4 tablespoons of sugar and the juice of the two lemons; gently heat until the sugar is dissolved. Strain the original mixture into the pan and allow to cool. Bottle before using as a cordial.
Store in a cool, dark and dry place.