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Lavender Lemonade

A non-alcoholic, refreshing floral lemonade.

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Spirit
Non-Alcoholic
Glass
Highball glass
Method
Shaken
Difficulty
Beginner
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Lavender Lemonade

Ingredients

Ingredients for Lavender Lemonade. Tick each one as you add it.
AddedMeasureIngredient
2 oz
1 oz
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Steps

  1. Shake lavender syrup and lemon juice with ice.
  2. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass and top with soda water.
  3. Garnish with a lemon wheel and a sprig of lavender.

Garnish Lemon wheel and a sprig of lavender

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Batch it For a party of 4–20

Makes 8 drinks, about 30 oz · 900 ml before ice.

Lavender Lemonade batch
AmountIngredient
16 oz · 480 mlLavender Syrup
8 oz · 240 mlLemon Juice
6 oz · 180 mlCold water, for dilution (approx.)

The water stands in for the melt from shaking: about 25% for a shaken drink. It is an approximation, so taste and adjust. Chill the batch at least 2 hours and pour over fresh ice.

Fits a 1 liter bottle or carafe.

Add at serving: top each glass with soda water. Bubbles go flat in a batch, so they stay out of it.

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Why it works

Lavender syrup provides both the sweetness and the floral flavor, and lemon adds tartness. Two ounces of syrup to one of lemon makes it sweet-tart. Shaking blends and chills it, and topping with soda adds bubbles. With no spirit to carry it, the drink depends on a well-made syrup: steeped long enough to taste of lavender, strained before it turns soapy.

Substitutions

  • Make lavender syrup by steeping 1 tbsp culinary lavender in 1 cup hot simple syrup for 15 minutes.
  • Still water in place of soda makes a flat lemonade.
  • Honey syrup in place of some lavender syrup adds depth.

Variations

Questions

Is it non-alcoholic?
Yes. Add 1½ oz gin for a lavender gin fizz.
Can it be made in a pitcher?
Yes. Mix syrup and lemon ahead; add soda and ice when serving.

Making it: Lavender Lemonade

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