Taylor Swift "Lavender Haze" Mocktail
Taylor Swift "Midnights" inspired mocktail. This drink is track 1 - "Lavender Haze."
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Inactive Time: 1 hour
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Yield: 2 Drinks 1x
- Category: Beverages
Ingredients
Scale
For Simple Syrup
1/4 c sugar
1/2 c water
small handful fresh lavender flowers, 3-4 heads*
2 sprigs fresh thyme
For the Mocktail
1/2 c frozen blueberries
1 oz lavender-thyme simple syrup
juice of 1 lemon
1/2 tsp vanilla bean paste*
lemon soda water to top
Instructions
1. To make the lavender-thyme simple syrup, combine sugar and water in a small saucepan. Whisk until sugar is completely dissolved and then bring to a boil. Add in lavender and thyme and reduce heat to low. Simmer for 10 minutes then remove pan from heat. Leave to infuse for 1 hour.
2. To make mocktails, place frozen blueberries, simple syrup, lemon juice and vanilla bean paste in a cocktail shaker that has been filled with ice. Shake for 1 minute. Distribute contents between 2 ice-filled glasses and then top with soda water.
Equipment
Notes
*Any fresh lavender will do for this recipe but the English and French varieties work best as they will not leave any soapy aftertaste.
**If you can't find vanilla bean paste you can instead scrape the seeds from the inside of a single vanilla bean.
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