Elliniki Lemonada: Refreshing Homemade Greek Lemonade vs Kalte Ente (Cold Duck Punch)

Both drinks lean on lemon and finish with fresh mint sprigs as a garnish, but they use the fruit in very different ways. The Greek lemonade is built on freshly squeezed, strained lemon juice balanced with a cooked simple syrup and diluted with cold water, giving a smooth, sweet-tart drink poured over plenty of ice. Kalte Ente instead steeps thin lemon slices in dry white wine and tops it with dry sparkling wine, producing a crisp, bubbly, alcoholic punch in which sugar is optional. One is an alcohol-free citrus refresher; the other is a light, festive wine punch.