Lemon Tree and Lemonade!

The Lemon Tree is in full fruit. I harvested about a quarter of the fruit a few weeks back which filled a 10 litre bucket. So what do you do with this many lemons?
Well half of these have gone to people at work - the other half have made a delicious Lemonade Drink - well actually about 5 big lemonade drinks!

Interested in making fresh lemonade? here's the recipe i use which is a refreshing and tasty treat - best of all, serve it hot or cold!

You need about a cup of lemon juice - this is about 4 to 5 largish lemons.
A cup of sugar (yes i know it's alot but use less is you add honey)
Some honey if desired
about 2 litres of water

Squish out the lemon juice - easiest way is to put them all in the microwave for about a minute, chop them in half and squish and squeeze with your hands and fingers - you get twice as much juice this way then using one of those useless hand orange juicers! Don't worry about the pulp or seeds - trust me here!
After you've squished about a cup (a tad more is better than a tad less) run it through a colander. Some light bits of pulp getting through won't kill you, but not too much - set this juice aside

To a pot, add about a cup of water and a cup of sugar. Some added honey is really topping on the ice cream, but my wife didn't like it, so don't be afraid to try half and half. If adding honey, reduce the sugar by probably about equal amounts and don't add the honey until last. I personally wouldn't put more than 2 or 3 tablespoons of honey though
So... heat the water and sugar mix while stirring (the sugar will stick pretty bad to the pot otherwise). keep stirring until the sugar dissolves. The water will suddenly turn from cloudy to clear when this happens. nows the time to add the honey, stir a bit more and you're done

Finally pour the strained juice, sugar water into a jug and bring upto 2 litres with plain old water

Serve at any temperature, hot, icy cold or anywhere in between.