Crazy Coconut Lemonade

Crazy Coconut Lemonade
Recipe courtesy Ingrid Hoffmann

6 to 8 mint leaves, plus more for garnish

1/2 cup sugar

1 cup mixed lemon and lime juice

Rum, optional

1/2 gallon water, or to taste

Lemon and lime slices

Sweetened shredded coconut

Muddle (If you don't own a muddler, use the back of a wooden spoon) the mint leaves with a pestle in the bottom of a large pitcher. Add sugar, lemon and lime juice, and rum, to taste. Cover with water and refrigerate until cold. When ready to serve pour over ice, slices of lemon and lime, and coconut flakes. Garnish with a sprig of mint.

MUDDLE Definition: To muddle is to combine ingredients, usually in the bottom of a mixing glass, by pressing them with a muddler before add the majority of the liquid ingredients.

A muddler is a small wooden pestle shaped like a baseball bat. One end is large and rounded and it used to mash the ingredients. While the other end is skinnier and flat and is used to mix ingredients.