Lime Rickey - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup simple syrup
1 cup lime juice
orange bitters, to taste
1 quart carbonated water

Preparation

Prepare simple syrup by boiling 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water until sugar dissolves.
Cool.
Add lime juice.
Add bitters to taste.
If desired tint a delicate green color.
Pour over ice in tall glasses.
Add corbonated water.
Garnish with thin slices of oranges or a cherry.