Hull and halve your strawberries, removing the green leafy tops completely. Choose berries that smell fragrant and feel slightly soft when squeezed gently.

Add your prepared strawberries and one cup of water to your blender.

Blend on high speed for 60 to 90 seconds until the mixture looks completely uniform with no strawberry chunks remaining.

Pour the blended strawberry mixture through a fine mesh strainer into a large mixing bowl, pressing gently with the back of a wooden spoon to extract all the liquid. This removes all the seeds and pulp.

Stir the freshly squeezed lemon juice into your strained strawberry liquid, mixing thoroughly.

Add one cup of granulated sugar and stir constantly for about one minute until the sugar dissolves completely.

Sprinkle in one-quarter teaspoon of sea salt and stir to combine.

Taste and adjust. If it needs more tartness, add a tablespoon of lemon juice; if it needs more sweetness, stir in a tablespoon of sugar dissolved in a bit of warm water first.

Pour your finished concentrate into a clean glass jar with a tight-fitting lid. Chill thoroughly before using. Mix three parts cold water or sparkling water to one part concentrate for perfectly balanced strawberry lemonade.