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Ingredients

  • 16 ounces water
  • 2 inches fresh ginger root, peeled and sliced
  • 1 cup granulated sugar, plus more to taste
  • 6 ounces fresh lemon juice, plus 4 half-moon slices of lemon, for garnish
  • 2 ounces fresh lime juice
  • 8 ounces vodka
  • Crushed ice
  • Club soda
  • Fresh mint leaves and/or sugarcane sticks, for garnish

Method

  • In a medium saucepan, combine 1 cup of the water with the ginger and sugar, and cook over a medium flame, stirring frequently, until the sugar has dissolved.
  • Let cool to room temperature.
  • Strain into a pitcher.
  • Add the remaining water, lemon juice, and lime juice, and either refrigerate for up to one week, or mix with the vodka for immediate serving.
  • Fill four glasses with crushed ice.
  • Add 2 ounces of vodka to each glass.
  • Fill three-quarters of the way with the ginger-lemonade mixture.
  • Stir and top with club soda.
  • Garnish and serve.