Mint lemonade

Mint lemonade is lemonade flavored with mint. It may be made with whole mint leaves, mint-flavored syrup, or pureed mint leaves, and may be served over ice cubes or blended with ice into a slush or smoothie. It is sometimes called a virgin mojito.^[1]

Mint lemonade

Mint lemonade in Spain
Type	Lemonade
Ingredients	Lemon juice, sugar, water, mint, ice cubes

It is found in North America, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East,^[2] and is attested since the early 20th century.^[3][4]

Preparation

The mint flavor may be added to lemonade in various ways:

• Fresh mint leaves, sometimes simply as a garnish.^{[citation needed]}
• Muddled mint leaves.^[5]
• Processing the mint with the lemon juice in a blender.^[6]
• Mint syrup, made by simmering mint leaves in sugar water.^[7][8]
• Crème de menthe liqueur.^[9]

It may be mixed with still or sparkling water.

It may be served over ice, or blended with ice to make a slush, smoothie, or granita.^[10]

There are also bottled versions.^{[citation needed]}

Variants

Variants may add ingredients such as ginger,^[11] maple syrup,^[12] lime juice,^[13] black salt and apple juice.^[1]

Adding spirits

Various spirits may be added to it, including arak,^[14][15][16] tequila ("mint margarita"), bourbon (a "lemon and mint julep"),^[17][18] gin,^[19] etc.

As a flavor

Mint lemonade may also be made into sorbets, ice pops, and so on.^{[citation needed]}

Names

In the Arab world it is called “limon na-naa”.^{[citation needed]}

In Israel, it is called limonana, a portmanteau of limon Hebrew: לימון 'lemon' and naʿnaʿ Hebrew: נענע 'mint'.^[20][21] The word was coined for an advertising campaign to promote bus advertising, in which various celebrities were shown promoting a drink called "Limonana", a blend of lemon and mint, which was in the end revealed to be fictitious.^{[22][23][24][6]}