Limonana is a popular refreshing middle eastern lemonade with mint.
Flipflops, summer hats, picnics, beach life, burning sun, suntan, fun games, palm trees, sun beds, and the bar.
Does that sound familiar or does it remind you rather of a distant but familiar dream?
Hasn't the hot season arrived yet in your corner of the world?
Soon enough summer will be knocking on your door and that's when you want a refreshing limonana!
What is a Limonana?
Limonana is a Middle Eastern mint lemonade.
The homemade Lemonade with mint is super popular in the middle east due to the constant heat.
It's a refreshing drink, sure to become an instant hit!
The Lemonade Limonana is prepared with the addition of Mint.
You can add peppermint but usually, regular fresh mint is used in this recipe
Limonana can be commonly found in Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and other neighboring Arabic countries.
How to make limonana?
Preparing this iconic mocktail summer refreshment is super easy!
Here are the steps laid out. Find a detailed recipe card at the bottom of this post.
Step 1
Squeeze out all the lemon juice and add to your blender jar.
Wash the fresh mint leaves well and add those to the jar too.
Step 2
Pour ice water over the mint and lemon juice and add sugar as well if you like.
Blend for 1-2 minutes until the mint leaves are completely shredded.
Step 3
Strain your limonana lemonade. That way you won't have the mint pieces left in your beverage.
Serve ice cold with a lot of ice as a frozen lemonade.
Serving
You can choose to serve your mint lemonade as an afternoon summer refreshment.
Or you could decorate your glass the same way you would a mojito with fresh mint and serve it as a virgin cocktail.
That's the perfect drink for all, kids and adults alike!
FAQs
You can add fresh lemon balm leaves, any other fresh fruit juice or brown sugar or palm sugar.
Use a powerful blender such as the Vitamix to get the most of your mint. You can use a hand blender too with a tall jar.
Yes! Just prepare your lemonade as per instructions and store in a airtight clean bottle in the fridge until further use. Add ice cubes to the drink in a glass before serving.
More summer beverage ideas
- Lemon Cucumber Mint Water
- Fresh Mango Iced Tea
- Pineapple Lemonade by knowyourproduce.com
Dear Reader, did you try the limonana?
Please feel free to share your thoughts and ideas with us in the comment section further below!
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Limonana - Israeli Mint Lemonade Recipe
Ingredients
For the Beverage:
- 2 Lemon
- 1 handful Mint Leaves fresh
- 2 Tablespoon Sugar or Honey, Stevia
- 3 cups Water
To Garnish:
- Mint Leaves
- Lemon Slices
- Ice Cubes
Instructions
- Add to a blender jar the freshly squeezed lemon juice, the mint leaves, sugar and water and blend the whole content well so that the leaves are completely cut into tiny pieces.
- Strain the beverage 2 times with a fine sieve so that no mint pieces are left.
- Serve your Limonana with ice cubes and garnish with lemon slices and mint leaves.
The mint how does it look like
Hi Mercy, you can use most mint varieties in this recipe. Just pick one that you like and that you can get where you live.
I really love the addition of mint here. This limonana is beautiful. Just pinned it. So glad you mentioned it as this post somehow missed my view. It is definitely getting warm here in San Diego, but we still have our gray days. This lemonade will make my kiddos smile!
Vivement l’été qu’on puisse se délecter à nouveau de ce genre de boissons…
Jolies photos soit dit en passant.
A bientôt
Cath
As I read this refreshing recipe, it is BITTERLY cold outside and I feel in awe and envious that you are having summer weather. In fact, the weather was ten degrees warmer during the middle of the day just two days ago. Having said that, we had an amazingly hot summer, so I should be pleased for the cool change. I am going to bookmark your recipe for next summer Helene. And your first photograph is a beauty!
Beautiful styling, Helene! And I love how refreshing this drink is 🙂
This looks so cooling and refreshing!
Perfect summer beverage! I plan on growing mint this year, so now I am excited to try this lovely drink!!! Beautiful, Hugs, Terra
I'm trying to think back about whether I've tried this before and I don't believe I have. I love lemon-based drinks (and food or... mmm, sorbet!) in the hot months. It makes you feel so fresh and cool and I love the idea of adding the mint. Cooling and zingy to boot. Lovely photos as well Helene - it looks so summery! 🙂
Oh, I've had this. In fact I've made it, although I didn't know it was called limonana. I just called it Mint Lemonade! Good story, super recipe. Thanks for reminding me how great this beverage is.
That is such a refreshing drink and yes, perfect for hot days and warm nights. Such a pretty colour too xx
The photos sure do look refreshing Helene. I'll sure bookmark for summer which seems like an eternity away particularly today, it's only 2C and snowing on and off.
This was the drink that all of us were obsessed with when we visited Jordan. Thanks so much for the heads up on the recipe and name! 😀
Ooooo!!!! I love the pictures and I love the lemonade which has all lovable tastes, the minty and tangy burst.