Prep Time::10 mins
Cook Time::5 mins
Additional Time::20 mins
Total Time::35 mins
Servings::6
Ingredients
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12 fresh strawberries, hulled and quartered
1 cup white sugar, divided
7 cups water, divided
2 cups ice cubes
1 cup lemon juice
Directions
Mix together strawberries and 1/4 cup sugar in a medium bowl until evenly coated; set aside for juices to release from strawberries, 5 to 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, bring 1 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan; add remaining 3/4 cup sugar. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove the saucepan from heat and cool simple syrup to room temperature.
Stir together remaining 6 cups water, ice, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a pitcher until well combined. Stir in sweetened strawberries.
Cook’s Note
I always mix together ice and simple syrup first and give it a good stir so that the syrup is nice and cold before I add the remaining ingredients.
Remove seeds from lemon juice, but leave pulp.