This fun, fruity, and refreshing peach lemonade recipe is perfect for serving to family and friends at home, BBQs, potlucks, and picnics. Serve over ice with water, soda water, or even alcohol for a delicious summer sipper!
Lemonade is a refreshing summer favorite, but I’ll admit I’ll take any excuse to enjoy it year-round. I’ve already shared recipes for Lebanese mint lemonade, Brazilian creamy lemonade, and ginger lemonade (alongside several other lemonade recipes including a classic lemonade, of course). Now it’s the turn of this sweet and fruity peach lemonade recipe.
With just three ingredients plus water, this fresh peach lemonade is an incredibly simple yet surprisingly flavorful thirst-quenching summer drink with a fruity twist. Plus, after reading that there’s a suspected heatwave due to come our way next month, it’s the perfect time for this recipe!
With a combination of sweet peaches and tart lemons, this peach drink is super refreshing. Meanwhile, there are several ways to adapt the recipe to your liking, too. Whether you want to experiment with flavors to make a peach green tea lemonade, raspberry peach lemonade, peach mango lemonade, a sugar-free version, etc., all free from preservatives, chemicals, and anything artificial.
Ingredients
THE PEACH SYRUP
- ▢1.16 lb peaches peeled and chopped (3 large peache/2 cups chopped)
- ▢2 cups water
- ▢1/2 cup sugar regular sugar, brown sugar, honey, or even a sugar-free option like erythritol/stevia
THE OTHER PEACH LEMONADE INGREDIENTS
- ▢1/3 cup lemon juice 2 lemons
- ▢3 cups water water, sparkling water, coconut water, or even a combination of water and alcohol (around 1/4 cup)
- ▢lemon slices from one lemon and/or some peach slices
- ▢To garnish optional – mint
- ▢ice cubes optional
Instructions
- Combine the chopped peaches, ½ cup sugar, and 2 cups water in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring often.
- Reduce to a simmer for 5-10 minutes, or until the peaches are becoming mushy.
- Remove it from the heat, cool for 30 minutes (to room temperature), then strain through a sieve.
- Juice the lemons using one of these 6 methods.I highly recommend zesting the lemons first, so you can save it for other uses or even use some lemon peel twirls as a garnish for peach drinks and other drinks and desserts.
- In a large pitcher, combine the peach syrup (there should be around 1 cup), lemon juice, and 3 cups of water/sparkling water, and stir.
- Give it a taste and adjust any of the elements (syrup, citrus, water) to your liking.If you plan to serve it all immediately, you can also add ice directly to the pitcher. I usually recommend adding the ice to individual glasses, though, so the entire batch doesn’t become watered down.
HOW TO MAKE AHEAD AND STORE?
- Make ahead: you can prepare the syrup several days in advance and keep it stored in the refrigerator. It will last for around 2 weeks in total in the fridge.Store: you can store the prepared peach lemonade in the fridge for between 5-7 days.If you add any fresh fruits or herbs to the lemonade, swap these out daily. Otherwise, aim to consume the entire batch within 1-2days.
