Juice about 6 lemons to make 1 cup lemon juice. Add 1 cup of sugar and 4 cups of water. Stir and chill.

Allow your lemons to come up to room temperature for 2 hours. Chill your 4 cups of water in the refrigerator (and allow to spend the last 45 minutes in the freezer, if you like really cold lemonade).

Zest lemons into a small bowl. Juice lemons, adding juice into the same bowl with the zest. Allow to soak for 5 minutes, before straining into a serving container. Refrigerate the strained lemon juice for 4 hours.

Add sugar to lemon juice, allowing it to dissolve and thicken for 5 minutes until it has a syrup consistency.

Add the 4 cups of cold water, stir until combined. Allow lemonade to chill in refrigerator for at least 2 hours. If you want pink lemonade, add one tablespoon of grenadine.

Combine all ingredients in large glass.