Sweet & Sour Mix

Homemade sour mix using the season's freshest citrus, is easy, quick, and economical, and tastes so much better than store-bought.

Course Drinks/Cocktails

Cuisine American

Keyword sweet and sour mix

Prep Time 10

Total Time 10

Servings

1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 4 small lemons)
1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (about 5 small limes)
1/4 cup freshly squeezed blood orange juice (2 small-medium Moro blood oranges; off-season, substitute with regular orange juice)
1/2 cup superfine sugar (or give regular granulated sugar a quick whirl through the food processor; superfine (or bartender'sugar dissolves very quickly)

Place all ingredients in a large bowl and whisk until sugar is dissolved. Makes a tad over 1 1/4 cups. To adjust recipe yield up or down, just use this simple formula: 2 parts lemon juice, 2 parts lime juice, 1 part orange juice, 2 parts superfine sugar.

To alter the sweet/sour ratio, just use less or more sugar, to taste.