Fresh-Squeezed Lemonade

This is seriously the best lemonade I have ever made.  I've tried so many recipes over the years, and none of them ever have satisfied me until this one!  (It's probably all the sugar.)  I found it here on Pinterest and lessened the sugar just a smidge.  You can make half a batch too, and it still tastes great.  That's what I usually do.

Fresh-Squeezed Lemonade

2 cups fresh lemon juice -- squeezed from whole lemons, not out of a bottle!

2 cups sugar

4 cups hot water

8 cups cold water

Mix lemon juice and sugar together in a gallon pitcher.  Add 4 cups of hot water to dissolve the sugar.  Once the sugar is dissolved, fill up the rest of the pitcher with cold water and refrigerate.