Lavender Lemonade Recipe

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 2

Total Time: 2 5

Servings:

Calories: 193kcal

Author: Becky Hardin

Lavender Lemonade is a fragrant, refreshing, and beautiful drink. It's the ultimate party drink to make for baby shower drinks, wedding showers, Summer BBQs, and more! Cheers to Spring!

Step-by-step photos can be seen below the recipe card.

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Equipment

Kitchen Scale (optional)
Fine Mesh Sieve

Ingredients

6 cups water 1,362 grams, divided
½ cup granulated sugar 100 grams
¼ cup honey 88 grams
3 tablespoons dried culinary lavender 8 grams, plus more for garnish
2 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice 454 grams, from 10-12 lemons
Blue or purple food coloring optional, to enhance color
Lemon slices optional, for garnish

Instructions

Over medium heat, combine 2 cups of water and the sugar, bringing to a boil until the sugar is dissolved. Turn off the heat and stir in the honey and lavender.
6 cups water, ½ cup granulated sugar, ¼ cup honey, 3 tablespoons dried culinary lavender
Allow the mixture to steep for 2 hours (less if you want less of a lavender taste).
Strain the liquid, pressing the lavender down to make sure you get all of those juices into your mixture!
In a large pitcher, combine freshly squeezed lemon juice, lavender mixture and the remaining 4 cups of water.
2 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice, 6 cups water
Feel free to add a couple drops of blue or purple food coloring if you want more color than the lavender provides. Makes the lemonade especially cute for those brunches! Serve over ice.
Lemon slices, Blue or purple food coloring

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Notes

First and foremost, fresh lavender is a must!
I recommend adding some purple or blue food coloring to make the color even brighter and prettier, but that is totally optional. It's a fun twist if you're making this mocktail for baby or wedding showers, but it's not necessary.
If you want to make this a cocktail, just add in a bit of vodka, tequila, champagne...whichever type of alcohol you prefer for your drinks.
If you have leftovers, freeze lavender lemonade in an ice cube tray and add it to drinks!
Nutritional information does not include optional ingredients.

Storage: Store lavender lemonade tightly covered in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

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