Blueberry Basil Lemon Lavender Mocktail

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Blueberry Basil Lemon Lavender Mocktail

 

Every summer I’m looking for that next best delicious drink to sip. This summer was no different. As I was looking through my refrigerator I noticed that I had blueberries, lemons, basil and some fresh lavender from my garden on hand. In that moment, I had what can only be called an epiphany. “This would make an amazing mocktail”, I thought to myself. And do you know what?  I was right.

I threw some of my rinsed lavender buds into one cup of water one cup of sugar to make a beautiful lavender flavored simple syrup. Then at the bottom of my glasses I muddled a handful blueberries, and basil along with the juice of half a lemon in each serving cups. 1/4 cup of lavender syrup, ice, and some soda water. And  I was done.  “Sip…siiip….mmmmm, this is GOOD!”

This Blueberry Basil Lemon Lavender Mocktail takes about 10 short minutes, but the complexity of the flavors stays with you. The “herbaceousness” of basil will tickle your taste buds, the tartness of the lemon makes a slight pucker, the fruitiness of the blueberry and floral notes at the lavender balance it all out. With only six ingredients this comes together so quickly, and due to the fact it’s a mocktail even the kids can share it with you. If you’d like to spike this thing up, some gin or vodka would be perfect with this refreshing drink.

Blueberry, Basil, Lemon, and Lavender Mocktail

Blueberry, basil, lemon, lavender Mocktail has sweet, herbaceous, floral, and tart complexity that will make your taste buds sing.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Course Drinks
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • Muddler

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pint fresh Blueberries muddled (squished)
  • 1 cup Basil chopped
  • ½ cup Lemon Juice, freshly squeezed Juice of about 2 lemons
  • ¾ cup Lavender Simple Syrup ** Recipe for symple syrup below
  • 1½ cup Soda Water any unflavored carbonated beverage would work

Lavender Simple Syrup

  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • ½ cup Lavender buds (food grade)

Instructions
 

  • In a medium sized pitcher add in the blueberries, chopped basil, and lemon juice.
  • Swish or muddle all the berries, and basil together until they relase their flavor and juices.
  • Add in the about 2 cups of ice and the soda water, and stir thouroughly.
  • Pour. Garnish with bluebrries, lemon, and basil, and enjoy.

Lavender Simple Syrup

  • Add 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water to a small heavy bottomed sauce pan. Turn on medium heat. Stir 3-4x , then add in the lavender buds.
  • Let it heat until all the sugar granules have dissolved. Then turn off the heat and allow the Lavender to steep and cool in the syrup until you are ready to use.
  • Use a funnel and a fine mesh strainer to get all the lavenders buds out of the syrup. You now have Lavender Simple syrup for use for drinks, pancakes, cake making, in your tea or coffee.