Ginger Beer - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 (6 inch) pieces fresh ginger root, peeled
2 large lemons
1/4 cup muscovado sugar
ice cubes
3 sprigs fresh mint, leaves removed and stem discarded
1 liter sparkling water

Preparation

Finely shred ginger into a bowl. Zest lemons and add zest to ginger. Mix sugar and juice from the lemons into ginger-lemon zest mixture.
Combine ice and mint leaves in a large jug or pitcher. Strain ginger mixture through a sieve directly into the jug; stir in sparkling water.