Instead, I brewed this Laura Calder recipe for a marvelous and refreshing pink drink. My only embellishment was making it fizzy, thanks to my awesome SodaStream. Serve it over crushed ice, with a strawberry garnish, and possibly, an artful splash of gin, for a Summer-In-The-Tropics-Cocktail. I’m calling it The Kipling. Take my advice, and distill this delightful beverage before rhubarb season ends. It’s fleeting!
Rhubarb Water
Ingredients
- 2 lbs of rhubarb, cut into pieces
- 4 cups water
- 3/4 cup sugar
- juice of 1 lemon
Method
Pour boiling water over cut up rhubarb, cover with plastic and leave to steep on the kichten counter overnight. The next day, strain and discard rhubarb. Boil the liquid with sugar and lemon juice for five minutes. Chill and enjoy in the sunshine.
*”Rhubarb is usually considered to be a vegetable however, in the United States, a New York court decided in 1947 that since it was used in the United States as a fruit it was to be counted as a fruit for the purposes of regulations and duties.”
This sounds fabulous! Rhubarb-soda!? Brilliant. I need a soda stream… I love bubbles!
Very interesting, I am going to try it.
By the way tell your other half….Happy Birthday!!!
do you put the finished product in the sodastream?
I love rhubarb! I can’t wait to try this!!
Rhuuuubarb and ruuum.
Im in .
OMG this is good! It’s almost like having my mom’s rhubarb pie in a glass. The colour is so pretty. I couldn’t just toss out all that cut up & soaked rhubarb so cooked it with a bit of water & sugar to taste then ate some of it warm over top ice cream, the rest I cooled & added into smoothies.
You only use water with the Sodastream. Add flavorings after the soda is carbonated.
I have a soda stream and was wondering the same thing. To just carbonate the water and add the above recipe seems to dilute the flavor a lot.
I do make a simple syrup with rhubarb for a frozen rhubarb daiquiri recipe and have used the syrup with sparkling lemon spritzer. (about the same as a soda stream result)