Persian Fruit Punch

I came home with two sweet lemons from the persian market today. Sweet lemons are also known as sweet limes and they are generally found in ethnic grocery stores. I was, believe it or not, actually surprised when i cut the lemon open and it was not the least bit tart, i smells like a lemon, but it is not acididic - at all - no pucker whatsoever! They are a cool, lemony yellow light color, the skin is very smooth and thin and they are rounder than eureka (all-purpose) lemons. I had to use it for something, so i added some juice from other citrus i had on hand, a little sugar and water and it was quite tasty and refreshing. It's like fruit punch but not too sweet -- and the color is very pretty. It has a gentle fruit flavor, and you can make it stronger by adding more juice or less water, or the optional double strength herb tea. I prefer a lighter taste and i garnish it with some pineapple sage. The kids thought it tasted like light orange juice - but they are the hawaiian punch types.

Steps

Squeeze the fruit juice into a pitcher , add sugar and water and stir.

Add optional concentrated tea.

Serve over ice.

Ingredients

lemon juice, blood orange juice, lime, juice of, sugar, water, tea bags