Sweet (or Salty) Lime Sodas

Perhaps the best thing I came back with from our trip to India was a deep, abiding love for lime sodas.

You can't drink the water but who cares?? When you've got a drink as tasty and fantabulous as lime sodas forget the water, you'll be drinking these forever after.

You see here Andrew and I partaking of sweet lime sodas at the pool in Hyderabad and the beauty of these drinks is that they are built to fit your mood because you can have lime sodas two ways: sweet or salty.

I know, I know--a salty soda may sound suspicious but I promise you that they're good. The lime soda is great sweet but when it's salty you get a little kick that is different but pleasantly so.

So if, for your summer picnics, you'd like to be very popular then consider making up the drink and see how your guests rave. You can make them as is and have them salty or drop the salt and increase the sugar. I'd also think that using a touch of ginger and honey in place of sugar and cumin would be very good.

This makes enough for one 12-ounce glass.

Juice of 2 limes
3 tsp sugar
Pinch of salt
Pinch of freshly ground cumin
12 ounces soda water, chilled
Ice (optional)

Pour the lime juice into a chilled glass, and add the sugar, and then the salt and cumin to taste.

Add ice if you like, top up with chilled soda water and serve immediately, garnished with lime wedges.

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