Lemon is rich in citric acid, malic acid, vitamin C, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and other health components, such as lemon essential oil, hesperidin, naringin, etc. Slicing and soaking in water is more conducive to the release of nutrients.
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Matters needing attention in lemonade brewing
1. It is best to choose fresh lemons
Fresh lemons are rich in fragrance, but the aroma components and vitamin C of dried lemons are lost to some extent. Fresh lemons must be peeled and sliced. Because some flavonoids in the peel are higher, such as hesperidin and naringin, they are all healthy components, and lemon essential oil is mainly in the peel, and thinning is beneficial to the aroma components in the lemon peel.
Flavonoids have a slight bitter taste, which matches the sour taste of lemon itself. Drinking them in hot weather can quench your thirst. The remaining lemons can be coated with some honey at the incision and wrapped with plastic wrap, which can be stored in the refrigerator for three days.
2. The water temperature is 61~71℃.
The water for soaking lemons is too cold, and the fragrance is not easy to soak out. If soaked in boiling water, there will be more bitter substances dissolved, such as hesperidin. Some people worry that too high water temperature will lead to the loss of vitamin C. In fact, lemon is more acidic, and vitamin C has better heat resistance under acidic conditions and is not so easy to lose. Therefore, the water temperature for soaking lemons is generally 61~71℃.
3. Lemon must be soaked lightly
If lemonade is used instead of boiled water to quench thirst, it must be soaked lightly. A large piece of lemon with peel is soaked in 1 liter of water, which can pour 3~4 small cups. Generally, it is brewed for 2~3 times. When there is no lemon flavor, it can be replaced with a new one. The lemonade made in this way is not sour or astringent, and it is relatively fragrant. It can be drunk without adding sugar or honey, and its energy content is almost negligible. If you put more lemon slices, you need to add sugar or honey, which is beneficial to balance the sour taste.
finally, I need to remind you that lemonade will taste better with a little honey or sugar. However, the light sweet lemonade contains about 5% sugar, and a cup (211g) of sweetened honey water contains 41 kilocalories. If you drink two cups, it is equivalent to eating 1/4 bowl of rice, so people who need to control their weight should limit it.
In addition, people with hyperacidity only need to soak lemonade as lightly as possible, because a small amount of citric acid is beneficial to the repair of gastric mucosa. For people with indigestion, adding a thin slice of ginger to light lemon water with meals is good for promoting the secretion of digestive juice.
The unsweetened light lemon water contains almost no energy, but potassium, a small amount of vitamin C and a small amount of flavonoids, which is very suitable for chronic patients such as hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and gout.
People's Network-It turns out that nutrition experts drink lemonade like this.