Heat 1 cup each of sugar and water over medium low heat until the sugar dissolves, then set this aside. Puree the strawberries, remaining sugar, and ½ cup water, then pour this through a fine-mesh sieve into a pitcher. Stir in the lemon juice, simple syrup, and remaining water. Add additional berries or lemon slices as desired, then pour over Turn on the Instant Pot, add water and sugar into the inner pot of the Instant Pot. Close the instant pot with vent on sealing position. Cook on Manual/Pressure cook mode (high) for 15 mins. Let pressure release naturally, around 15 mins. Open the instant pot carefully. Pour 1 cup water and sugar into a small pot and simmer over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Transfer simple syrup to a large bowl and stir in lemon juice. Stir in the remaining 6 cups of water until completely combined. Fill a large pitcher with ice and pour in lemonade. Fill glasses with ice and lemon slices. For an extra hit of lemon, you can add a pinch of fresh lemon zest to the simple syrup. You can also add a few sprigs of fresh herbs (rosemary, basil, or mint are all nice options) to the warm simple syrup and let it steep until the mixture cools. Remove and discard the herbs before using the syrup. Use a strainer to remove lemon slices or a muslin cloth to strain if you also want to remove the pulp – that’s a personal preference. Keep some of the lemon slices to garnish. Place your lemonade into the fridge to chill. Serve with ice cubes and garnish with lemon slices and some sprigs of mint. In small sauce pot, stir together honey and 1/2 cup water. Cook over medium heat 1 minute, or just until honey is dissolved in water, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and pour into pitcher; let stand 10 minutes. Add lemon juice and remaining 4 cups water to pitcher and stir well. Instructions. To make the simple syrup, whisk together sugar and 2 cups water in a medium saucepan until the sugar dissolves. Bring to a boil over medium heat and boil for 5 minutes and then remove from heat. While the simple syrup mixture is cooling, juice the lemons or limes. Add the simple syrup mixture to the fruit juice. In a Dutch oven, bring water to a boil. Remove from the heat; add tea bags. Cover and steep for 5 minutes. Discard tea bags. Stir in sugar and lemonade concentrate. Cover and refrigerate until chilled. Serve over ice. If desired, garnish with lemon slices. lyYhs.

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