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Make Lemonade Recipe: Botanical Herbal Spring Refresher

Botanical lemonade recipe with lavender, mint, and elderflower using the 1:1:8 sugar-to-lemon-to-water ratio for balanced sweetness. Ready in 5 minutes.

5 minutes
Recipe

What You Need

1 cup fresh lemon juice (about 6-8 lemons)
1 cup raw honey or cane sugar
8 cups cold filtered water
2 tablespoons dried culinary lavender buds
1/4 cup fresh mint leaves
Ice cubes
Step 1

Juice the lemons until you have exactly 1 cup of fresh juice. Strain out seeds.

Step 2

Add lavender buds to the warm simple syrup. Steep for 4 minutes, then strain out the buds.

The Result

Botanical lemonade recipe with lavender, mint, and elderflower using the 1:1:8 sugar-to-lemon-to-water ratio for balanced sweetness. Ready in 5 minutes.

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Make Lemonade Recipe: Botanical Herbal Spring Refresher

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