– 1 cup sugar

– 1 cup room-tempreature water

– 1 cup lemon juice (about 15 lemons)

– 4 cups cold water

– The leaves of 2-3 sprigs of fresh mint

– 1/2 small, green lemon (optional, if you have a blender handy)

Instructions:

– Heat the sugar in a small saucepan with the room-termperature water until the sugar dissolves

– Shred the mint leaves to small pieces or if you have a blender, throw the whole leaves in with the 1/2 green lemon

– Add the cold water and lemon juice to the water and sugar mixture

– Add the shredded mint

– Refrigerate for 30 minutes and serve cold with a mint leaf  and a couple of lemon slices