Description
Cool off this summer with some refreshing Lavender Ginger Lemonade! It's easily made with ginger root, freshly squeezed lemon juice, pure maple syrup, lavender, and water.
Ingredients
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- 6 cups water
- 1 piece organic fresh ginger (2 inches long, about 2 oz)
- 2 high-quality lavender tea bags, or 3 TBS dried lavender petals (feel free to skip for ginger lemonade)
- .5 cups maple syrup
- 1.25 cups lemon juice, freshly squeezed if possible
Instructions
- Begin by bringing water to a boil (I use a countertop tea kettle for this, but on the stove is fine).
- Next, rinse and grate the ginger on a microplane, or dice the root into very small pieces. This will help extract the most flavor.
- Once water is boiling, remove it from the heat. In a large pot or large heatproof pitcher, add grated ginger and tea bags (if using) to hot water and let steep, as you would with tea. For a more intense lavender flavor, leave tea bags in for 5+ minutes. For a more mild lavender flavor, remove tea bags after 1-2 minutes. Be warned: lavender can take on a soapy taste if too intense, so I like to air on the side of slightly shorter steep time.
- Regardless, let ginger water cool slightly, then add maple syrup, stirring to combine. Cool mixture completely, until it reaches room temperature.
- While ginger/lavender tea is cooling, squeeze the lemons for juice. To make this process go more quickly, I like to microwave the lemons for 15 seconds so they more readily release juice once sliced. If you have a juicer, this is definitely the easiest way to do it!
- Add lemon juice to the ginger/lavender mixture. Carefully pour this through a fine mesh sieve and into a pitcher, to ensure all ginger and lavender pieces are removed. Move to the refrigerator to chill.
- Drink lavender ginger lemonade within 5 days. It's excellent when served over ice, or mixed with sparkling water.
Notes
If you do not like floral flavors, feel free to omit lavender.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cooling Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Drink
- Method: Boiling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: One sixth of recipe
- Calories: 87 calories
- Sugar: 17.3 grams
- Sodium: 14.4 milligrams
- Fat: 0.2 grams
- Saturated Fat: 0 grams
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.2 grams
- Trans Fat: 0 grams
- Carbohydrates: 22.8 grams
- Fiber: 0.3 grams
- Protein: 0.4 grams
- Cholesterol: 0 milligrams