Lavender Lemonade

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 5 cups water
• 1/2 cup lavender flowers, stripped from stems
• 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar, more to taste
• mint leaf (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 in a small saucepan on the stove, bring 1 cup water to a rolling boil.
• 2 remove from heat and add lavender flowers.
• 3 cover and steep for 10 minutes.
• 4 sieve through a fine-meshed sieve, discard the blossoms, and set lavender tea aside. meanwhile, in a quart jug, mix lemon juice with 4 cups water and sugar to taste.
• 5 add prepared lavender tea.
• 6 refrigerate until chilled.
• 7 serve in tall glasses over ice cubes and decorate with mint leaves.