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==Uncarbonated lemonade== In North America, the Caribbean, and South Asia, lemonade is typically a non-carbonated and non-clarified drink made with lemon juice, water, and sugar. [[File:Children selling lemonade to an adult in La Canada, California, 1960.jpg|thumb|Children operating a [[lemonade stand]] in [[La Cañada Flintridge, California]], 1960]] Traditionally, children in the US and Canada start [[lemonade stand]]s to make money during [[summer]]. The concept has become iconic of youthful summertime Americana to the degree that parodies and variations exist across media. References can be found in comics and cartoons such as ''[[Peanuts]]'', and the 1979 computer game ''[[Lemonade Stand]]''.<ref>{{Citation|last=Apple Computer|title=Lemonade Stand (1979) (Apple)|date=1979|url=http://archive.org/details/Lemonade_Stand_1979_Apple|access-date=May 3, 2020}}</ref> In countries where "lemonade" refers to a carbonated drink, the non-carbonated drink is sometimes called lemon squash or still, cloudy, traditional or old fashioned lemonade. Traditional lemonade can also be served frozen or used as a [[Mixer drink|mixer]]. Still lemonade is sold in the UK under brands like Tesco or [[Fentimans]] who sell a Victorian lemonade.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fentimans Victorian lemonade |url=https://www.fentimans.com/products/victorian-lemonade}}</ref> === Lemonade with mint === [[Limonana]], a type of lemonade made from freshly squeezed [[lemon juice]] and [[Mentha|mint]] leaves, is a common summer drink in the [[Middle East]].<ref name="zomppa">{{cite web |date=August 29, 2011 |title=Limonana: Not your average lemonade |url=http://www.zomppa.com/2011/08/29/limonana-not-your-average-lemonade/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326071838/http://www.zomppa.com/2011/08/29/limonana-not-your-average-lemonade/ |archive-date=March 26, 2019 |access-date=May 28, 2012 |publisher=Zomppa}}</ref> In [[Northern Africa]], a drink called ''cherbat'' is made of lemon, mint, and [[rose water]].{{Cn|date=August 2021}} Lemonade with mint is also popular in Bulgaria. === Citron pressé === [[File:Citron pressé.jpg|thumb|upright|The French soft drink citron pressé, being diluted with water]] In France, it is common for bars or restaurants to offer citron pressé, also called citronnade, an unmixed version of lemonade in which the customer is given lemon juice, syrup and water separately to be mixed in their preferred proportions.<ref name="Snapshot2012">{{cite book |author=Rough Guides Snapshot |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mxZ0oVDaZtgC&pg=PT96 |title=Poitou-Charentes and the Atlantic Coast Rough Guides Snapshot France (includes Poitiers, La Rochelle, Île de Ré, Cognac, Bordeaux and the wineries) |date=April 12, 2012 |publisher=Rough Guides Limited |isbn=978-1-4093-6293-7 |page=96 |access-date=November 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323151532/https://books.google.com/books?id=mxZ0oVDaZtgC&pg=PT96 |archive-date=March 23, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> === Pink lemonade === {{redirect|Pink lemonade|other uses|Pink Lemonade (disambiguation)}} A popular variation of traditional lemonade, pink lemonade, is created by adding additional fruit juices, flavors, or [[food coloring]] to the recipe. Most store-bought pink lemonade is simply colored with concentrated grape juice or dyes.<ref name=smithsonianmag>{{cite web |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/unusual-origins-pink-lemonade-180960145/ |title=The Unusual Origins of Pink Lemonade | History | Smithsonian |publisher=Smithsonianmag.com |date=August 16, 2016 |access-date=October 13, 2019 |archive-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007033332/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/unusual-origins-pink-lemonade-180960145/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Among those using natural colors, grape is the most popular, but [[cranberry juice]], [[beet juice]] or syrup made from brightly colored fruits and vegetables such as [[rhubarb]], [[raspberries]], [[strawberries]], or [[cherries]] are also used.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Kim |first=Eric |date=2024-06-26 |title=This Is the Drink of the Summer Every Summer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/26/magazine/pink-lemonade-recipe.html |access-date=2024-07-01 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The origin stories generally associate pink lemonade's invention with [[Circus|traveling circuses]] in the US.<ref name=":0" /> A 1912 [[obituary]] credited the invention of pink lemonade to circus worker Henry E. "Sanchez" Allott, saying he had dropped in red [[cinnamon]] candies by mistake.<ref name="allotobit">{{cite news |title=Inventor of pink lemonade dead |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/09/18/104907620.pdf |work=The New York Times |page=11 |date=September 18, 1912 |access-date=September 21, 2007 |archive-date=January 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109184903/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/09/18/104907620.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Another origin story credits another circus worker, Pete Conklin, in 1857. His brother, [[lion tamer]] George Conklin, tells the story in his 1921 memoir, ''The Ways of the Circus''.<ref name=":0" /> According to the story, Conklin's lemonade was a mixture of water, sugar and [[tartaric acid]], with the tub garnished with a single lemon that he repeatedly used for the season. One day, he ran out of water. Searching desperately, he found a tub of water a [[Trick riding|bareback rider]] had recently used to rinse her pink tights. Adding in the sugar, acid and remaining bits of lemon, he offered the resulting mixture as "strawberry lemonade" and saw his sales double.<ref name="smithsonianmag" /><ref>Nickell, Joe. ''Secrets of the Sideshows'', 978-0813123585, University Press of Kentucky, 2005. pp. 31–32.</ref> Real lemons were too expensive for the circus, so artificial substitutes were widely used.<ref name=":0" /> In the past, tartaric acid was commonly used to produce the typical tart flavor.<ref name=":0" /> In the modern era, commercially produced lemonade and powdered mixes tend to rely on [[citric acid]].<ref name=":0" /> Though not the term's primary meaning, "pink lemonade" can also describe<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wiles|first1=Briana|year=2016|title=Mountain States Foraging: 115 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Alpine Sorrel to Wild Hops|publisher=Timber Press|isbn=978-1-60469-678-3|page=232|quote=Spired clusters of red berries are fun for the kids to pick apart and make pink lemonade [with], especially in our not-so-tropical region.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Brill|first1="Wildman" Steve|year=2017|title=Foraging New York: Finding, Identifying, and Preparing Edible Wild Foods|publisher=Globe Pequot|isbn=978-1-4930-2428-5|pages=216–217|quote=Strain out the fruit with a fine sieve or cheesecloth-lined colander, sweeten to taste, and enjoy the best pink lemonade you've ever tasted.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Gilbert|first1=Rebecca|year=2022|title=Weedy Wisdom for the Curious Forager: Common Wild Plants to Nourish Your Body & Soul|publisher=Llewellyn Publications|isbn=978-0-7387-7207-3|quote=Use a handful or more of sumac berries, fresh or dried, per gallon of water, or to taste. The resulting sour, pink liquid may be used to make sumac 'pink lemonade.'}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Feghali|first1=Layla K.|year=2024|title=The Land in Our Bones: Plantcestral Herbalism and Healing Cultures from Syria to the Sinai—Earth-based Pathways to Ancestral Stewardship and Belonging in Diaspora|publisher=North Atlantic Books|isbn=978-1-62317-914-4|pages=100–111|quote=Sumac berries infused in water with sweetener added make a wonderful pink lemonade, a recipe I learned from Indigenous communities in my diasporic California home, whose colloquial name for their native sumac tree is 'lemonade berry'.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Stewart|first1=Hilary|year=2009|title=Drink in the Wild: Teas, Cordials, Jams and More|publisher=Douglas and McIntyre|isbn=978-1-55054-894-5|page=115|quote=Another method is to crush the seed cones in cold water and allow [them] to sit for several hours, preferrably overnight, then strain and add sugar. This gives a pink lemonade that is ideal for small children to make, since boiling water is not involved.}}</ref> "[[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indian]] lemonade", or lemonade made by soaking dried [[sumac]] berries, especially berries of species like ''[[Rhus typhina]]'' ("staghorn sumac"),<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Core|first1=Earl L.|year=1967|title=Ethnobotany of the southern Appalachian aborigines|journal=Economic Botany|volume=21|number=3|pages=198–214|doi=10.1007/BF02860370 |jstor=4252878|bibcode=1967EcBot..21..199C }}</ref> ''[[Rhus aromatica]]'' ("fragrant sumac", "lemon sumac"),<ref>{{cite report|last1=Nesom|first1=Guy|date=20 September 2000|title=USDA NRCS Plant Guide|volume=44|article=Fragrant Sumac, Rhus aromatica Ait., plant symbol = RHAR4|pages=60–80|url=https://plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/plantguide/pdf/pg_rhar4.pdf|publisher=USDA}}</ref> ''[[Rhus glabra]]'' ("smooth sumac", "scarlet sumac"),<ref>{{cite conference|url=https://journals.flvc.org/fshs/article/download/97303/93308|title=Trees and shrubs for environmental education|last1=Craig|first1=Robert M.|last2=Stone|first2=Reba M.|year=1977|book-title=Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society|volume=90}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Linsenmeyer|first1=Helen Walker|last2=Kraig|first2=Bruce|year=2011|title=Cooking Plain, Illinois Country Style|publisher=SIU Press|isbn=978-0-8093-3073-7}}</ref> or ''[[Rhus integrifolia]]'' ("lemonade sumac", "lemonade berry");<ref>{{cite book|last=Clarke|first=Charlotte Bringle|year=2023|title=Edible and useful plants of California|volume=41|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-03267-5}}</ref> Indian lemonade has a similar pinkish color.{{Cn|date=May 2025}} ===Brown lemonade=== There are various drinks called brown lemonade. A variant from [[Venezuela]] has [[cane sugar]] and lime.<ref>{{cite news |last=Locklin |first=Kristy |date=October 18, 2020 |title=Cilantro & Ajo brings Venezuelan street food to Pittsburgh's South Side |url=https://www.nextpittsburgh.com/eatdrink/cilantro-ajo-brings-venezuelan-street-food-to-pittsburghs-south-side/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205021303/https://www.nextpittsburgh.com/eatdrink/cilantro-ajo-brings-venezuelan-street-food-to-pittsburghs-south-side/ |archive-date=February 5, 2020 |access-date=February 5, 2020 |website=Next Pittsburgh}}</ref> ===Other varieties=== In [[India]] and [[Pakistan]], where it is commonly known as ''nimbu paani'', and in [[Bangladesh]], lemonades may also contain salt or [[ginger]] juice called ''lebur shorbot''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 19, 2021 |title=Summer cooler: Try this refreshing lemonade with a twist |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/food-wine/summer-cooler-try-nimboo-pani-with-a-twist-7318734/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928233700/https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/food-wine/summer-cooler-try-nimboo-pani-with-a-twist-7318734/ |archive-date=September 28, 2023 |access-date=September 17, 2023 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Shikanjvi]]'' is a traditional lemonade from this region, and can also be flavored with [[saffron]], [[cumin]] and other spices.<ref>Jiggs Kalra, Pushpesh Pant, [https://books.google.com/books?id=HHrUDlo0DfEC Classic cooking of Punjab] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160521070520/https://books.google.com/books?id=HHrUDlo0DfEC|date=May 21, 2016}}, Allied Publishers, 2004, {{ISBN|978-81-7764-566-8}}</ref><ref>Julie Sahni, [https://books.google.com/books?id=nmYgmJGR2vUC Indian regional classics: fast, fresh, and healthy home cooking] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425135005/https://books.google.com/books?id=nmYgmJGR2vUC|date=April 25, 2016}}, Ten Speed Press, 2001, {{ISBN|1-58008-345-5}}, 9781580083454, "... Ginger Limeade (Shikanji) ..."</ref><ref>[https://indianrecipesecrets.com/2018/06/16/mint-lemonade-pudina-shikanji-pudina-nimbu-paani-masala-lemonade/ Mint lemonade / pudina shikanji / pudina nimbu paani / masala lemonade] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619080106/https://indianrecipesecrets.com/2018/06/16/mint-lemonade-pudina-shikanji-pudina-nimbu-paani-masala-lemonade/|date=June 19, 2018}}. Indian Recipe Secrets. June 16, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.</ref>
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