Coconut Free Fresh Blueberry Mint Lemonade
Bright, jewel-toned, and bursting with summer flavor, this blueberry mint lemonade is the kind of drink that makes you want to sit on a porch and do absolutely nothing productive. Fresh blueberries are simmered with maple syrup until they burst into a gorgeous deep-purple syrup, then steeped with mint leaves for a fragrant, layered sweetness you just can't get from a powder or concentrate. Straining the syrup gives you a silky, vibrant base that blends beautifully with freshly squeezed lemon juice and cold water. Many store-bought lemonades and flavored syrups sneak in coconut sugar or coconut water as trendy sweeteners, but here maple syrup does all the heavy lifting — naturally and deliciously. The balance of tart citrus, fruity depth, and cool herbal freshness is genuinely hard to beat on a warm day. Pour it over a big glass of ice, tuck in a sprig of fresh mint, and it looks as impressive as anything you'd order at a café.
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4 servings
- ¾ cup fresh blueberries
- ½ cup fresh lemon juice (from about 4 lemons)
- 6 tbsp maple syrup
- 3 cups cold water
For the blueberry-mint syrup
- ½ cup water (for the syrup)
- 10 fresh mint leaves, plus more for serving
For serving
- ice, for serving
- lemon slices, for serving (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine the blueberries, maple syrup, and 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the blueberries burst and the liquid turns deep purple, about 4–5 minutes.
- 2
Remove the pan from the heat and add the mint leaves. Let the mixture steep for 10 minutes, until the mint fragrance is clearly present in the syrup.
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