- 12 fresh strawberries, hulled and quartered
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 7 cups water, divided
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1 cup lemon juice
- 2 cups ice cubes
- Mix strawberries and 1/4 cup sugar together in a bowl; set aside for juices to release from strawberries, 5 to 10 minutes.
- Bring 1 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan; add 3/4 cup sugar. Cook and stir sugar mixture until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and cool simple syrup to room temperature.
- Stir simple syrup, 6 cups water, lemon juice, and ice together in a pitcher. Add sweetened strawberries and stir.