Refreshing, floral and delicious, this Blueberry Lavender Lemonade has the perfect balance between sour and sweet, and just the right amount of lavender to make it pop!
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🍋Why make this lemonade
It can be difficult to use lavender when cooking: adding too much can destroy a recipe, making it taste like soap. That was my main concern while developing this recipe, and it took me a few tries to make it just perfect for everyone!
This lemonade recipe uses a combination of lemons, lavender tea and a delicious homemade blueberry syrup, which sweetens and adds this amazing flavor to your lemonade. The best part: this simple syrup can be made with frozen blueberries and in less than 15 minutes.
🫐Ingredients and substitutions
For the lemonade:
Lemons. Use fresh squeezed lemons for the best taste.
You can use a ready-to-drink, unsweetened lemonade of a brand that you like. It needs to be unsweetened, or you’ll get a super sweet lemonade! When using lemonade, substitute 2 cups of water and lemon juice for it.
Blueberry syrup. You can buy or make a homemade blueberry syrup.
Dried lavender. Use dried culinary lavender flowers.
Water. Use filtered or tap, cold water.
Ice.
For the blueberry syrup:
- Blueberries;
- Sugar;
- Pinch of salt; and
- Water.
Check how to make blueberry syrup before starting this lemonade. There’s a sugar-free version on the recipe’s notes! You can also make it using lavender for a bit more of lavender flavor: check blueberry syrup variations.
🫗How to make it
Mix hot water with dried lavender for the lavender tea. Steep for 10 minutes.
Remove dried lavender from tea, straining through a fine-mesh strainer.
Squeeze the juice of about 3 lemons, or until you get ½ a cup of lemon juice.
In a pitcher, add lemon juice, blueberry syrup, cooled lavender tea and cold water.
Stir to combine.
Fill half a glass with ice and pour lemonade over it.
📝Expert Tips
- Rolling the lemons around on the counter helps to release their juices;
- Adding ice only when serving will make a less watery lemonade. It’s also easier to store.
🙋🏻♀️Questions you might have
Yes, and it’s super easy: add a shot of vodka (1.5 oz/43ml) to one cup of lemonade (8 oz/240ml).
If making sparkly, substitute water for sparkling water or club soda. For a medium sparkling version, substitute only half the amount of water.
🧊Storing and freezing
Store homemade lemonade in the fridge for about 5 days. Store without ice so you don’t get a diluted berry lemonade. Cover pitcher with lid or plastic/beeswax wrap before placing in the fridge, to avoid any off flavors.
You can freeze this recipe. When I do, I use ice trays to make lemonade ice cubes. You can later remove from the ice tray and store in a freezer safe bag or container. Thaw lemonade cubes over the counter or in the fridge, or use them as ice when making your next batch!
🍋More lemonade recipes for you to try
Looking for more different lemonades? Try these:
📖 Recipe
Blueberry Lavender Lemonade
Equipment
- 1 Pitcher
Ingredients
- ½ cup lemon juice
- 2 cups water cold
- 8 tablespoon blueberry lavender syrup
- 1 cup water hot
- ½ tablespoon dried lavender
Instructions
- Mix 1 cup of hot water with dried lavender for the lavender tea. Steep for 10 minutes.
- Remove lavender.
- Squeeze the juice of about 4 lemons, or until you get ½ a cup of lemon juice.
- In a pitcher, add lemon juice, blueberry lavender syrup and cold water.
- Stir to combine.
- Fill half a glass with ice and pour lemonade over it. Serve it right away.
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