Homemade mint syrup recipe

Summer is coming, and you probably have a mint in the garden. That´s why we have prepared a recipe for homemade mint soft drink and a recipe for homemade mint syrup that you can prepare yourself. Recipes come from our traditional family recipes, but also from Vladimíra Jakoubě´s book "From Grandma's Garden to the Grandfather's Cellar" (original "Z babiččiny zahrádky do dědova sklípku"), whose release we sponsored. If you are interested in the book, it is available at the Kittel Museum.

Recipe for homemade mint soft drink

(Suitable for refreshing in the summer.)

What you need:

• a cup of sugar
• ½ liter of water
• 1 squeezed lemon
• a handful of crushed mint
• ice

Procedure:

Mix the sugar and lemon juice in the water until the sugar dissolves. Add the crushed mint and the juice from leaves. Serve with ice, decorated with a slice of lemon.

Mint syrup recipe

• ½ kg of crystal sugar
• ½ liter of water
• 50 g of fresh mint leaves

Put half a liter of water into a pot, add the sugar and stir. With constant stirring and removing the foam, cook to a thick syrup. Put the chopped mint leaves and let the boil pass. We shut off the container, cover it tight and stand for about an hour. Put the syrup into bottles. It is used three times a day one tablespoon in case of lack of appetite, poor digestion and cold.