Ombre Strawberry Butterfly Pea Flower Lemonade
Make this gorgeous color changing lemonade with strawberry and butterfly pea flower tea!
Equipment
- 1 small stock pot
- 1 sieve or strainer
- gorgeous drinkware
Ingredients
- ice
- 1 pound fresh strawberries
- 1 cup white sugar for the strawberry syrup
- 1 cup water for the strawberry syrup
- 4-5 lemons for the lemonade
- 1 cup white sugar for the lemonade
- 1 cup water for the lemonade
- 2-3 cups cold water for the lemonade
- 1 1/2 cup water for the butterfly pea tea
- 3 tsp. butterfly pea flower tea for the butterfly pea tea
Instructions
- Start by making your strawberry syrup. Wash, hull, and slice your strawberries.
- Add your sliced strawberries, 1 cup of sugar, and 1 cup of water to a small stock pot.
- Bring to a gentle boil on medium high heat and then immediately reduce to low to simmer.
- Simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occa and then remove from the heat. Allow your strawberry syrup to cool for just a few minutes.
- Pour your syrup through a sieve or strainer to remove the pulp and set aside and allow to cool.
- Next, start your lemonade by combining 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water in a stock pot.
- Heat on medium high until you reach a gentle boil and immediately reduce to low.
- Heat on low stirring occasionally for around 9 minutes.
- While your simple syrup is heating, juice your lemons to make 1 cup of lemon juice.
- Remove the simple syrup from the heat and add your lemon juice.
- Add 2-3 cups of water or even 2-3 cups of ice to cool the lemonade.
- Last, brew your butterfly pea flower tea by heating 1 1/2 cups of water and steeping 3 teaspoons of tea for 5 minutes.
- Then remove the flowers.
- Combine 2 tablespoons of strawberry syrup with 5 cups of lemonade and mix.
- Pour your strawberry lemonade over ice.
- Use a spoon to slowly and carefully drizzle your butterfly pea tea on top.
- Serve immediately.