Gluten Free Classic Lavender Lemonade
Floral, bright, and endlessly refreshing, this lavender lemonade is the kind of drink that turns an ordinary afternoon into something worth savoring. The star of the show is a homemade lavender syrup — just water, sugar, and dried culinary lavender steeped together until the liquid turns a dreamy soft purple-gray. That syrup gets strained clean and stirred into freshly squeezed lemon juice, so every sip is perfectly balanced between tart and fragrant. Because every single ingredient here is naturally free of gluten, there's no label-reading stress or cross-contamination worry — just pure, simple refreshment. The recipe also invites you to taste and adjust as you go, so you can dial up the tartness or soften the sweetness to exactly where you want it. Poured over ice and finished with a lemon slice and a sprig of fresh lavender, it's as beautiful to look at as it is to drink.
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4 servings
For the lavender syrup
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp dried culinary lavender
For the lemonade
- 1 cup fresh lemon juice (from about 6–8 lemons)
- 3 cups cold water
For serving
- ice, for serving
- lemon slices, for serving (optional)
- fresh lavender sprigs, for serving (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine 1 cup water and the sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the sugar fully dissolves, about 2–3 minutes.
- 2
Remove the pan from the heat, stir in the dried lavender, and let the mixture steep for 15–20 minutes, until the syrup is fragrant and tinted a soft purple-gray.
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