540g/ 19 oz sugar60 g / 2 oz sugar per 100 g / 1/4 lb cranberries
1gallonof drinking waterabout 400 ml / 1 3/4 cup water per 100 g / 3.5 oz cranberries
Instructions
Wash cranberries and drain
Smash with stomper or some other similar tool
Place the resulting cranberry mass in cheesecloth and squeeze the juice out into a non-oxidizing container. Set aside
Take the cranberry cake out of the cheesecloth and place into a big pot, add sugar and water. Stir briskly
Bring to boil, and remove from heat. This process will allow the remaining juices and nutrients to get extracted from the cake
Cool down
Add the juice
Refrigerate and enjoy. This cranberry water may refrigerated for up to week, possibly more. Mine never lasted that long
Notes
I noticed that letting the cranberry cake and water boil for about 5 minutes make tartness more subdued, and gives the drink more body, more mouth feel