How to Make Warm Lemon Water
Giving your thirsty cells something to drink first thing will perk you right up!
Yield: 1 drink
Cost: $3
Equipment
- Lemon squeezer
Materials
- 12 ounces warm water
- ½ fresh lemon or 1 lemon juice ice cube
Instructions
Lemon Ice Cubes
- Squeeze 6–8 lemons with a lemon squeezer. Pour the juice into ice cube trays and freeze. Transfer cubes to a plastic storage bag or other freezer-proof container, and keep frozen.
Lemon Water
- To make morning lemon water, first boil water in a kettle or run warm tap water.
- Grab one lemon juice ice cube and add to a mug. (Or squeeze a lemon half into a mug.)
- If you're using boiled water, fill the mug a ¼ of the way up with cold water, then top off with hot water from the kettle.
- If using tap water, fill your glass with warm water.
- Sip straight away.
Notes
If using lemon ice cubes: In the morning, grab a cube and fill your cup the rest of the way with warm water. The cube melts in a flash, leaving you with not-too-hot lemon water that’s sippable right away—all without the mess.