Lavendar Cordial, Sweet Syrup & Ice Tea

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I bought a 50g of organic lavendar flowers so I thought making a cordial would be a lovely way to have it! I also made a Sweet Lavendar Syrup (inspired by Ani Phyo’s lavendar syrup) and a beautiful fizzy purple ice tea!

Â Lavendar Cordial

You will need:

25g of organic lavendar flowers
1Â litreÂ filtered water
200ml of organic realÂ maple syrup (for a darker coloured cordial)Â or a light coloured honey/rice syrupÂ (for a bright cordial)
1 lemon, juiced
10 cloves

In a mortar and pestle grind the syrup, lavendar and juice. Add this to a jug with the water. Strain this into aÂ clean and sterilsed jar. Add the cloves to the jar. Store in the fridge. This will last for a few weekss in the fridge.

Sweet Lavendar Syrup

You will need:

2:1 of Lavendar flowers and maple syrup (or a clear honey forÂ a bright purple syrup).
a bit of water to thin out the syrup.
1 tsp. vanilla extract

In a mortar and pestle grind the lavendar till fine. AddÂ the syrup and grindÂ together until smooth. Simmer this in a saucepan until it becomes a syrup texture. Cool andÂ store in a container in the fridge. You could freeze some of the syrup in ice cube trays and use in Lavendar Ice Tea (below). This syrup is delicous as a sauce ontop of plain vanilla ice cream!Â

Lavendar Ice Tea

You will need:

1 tbs. of lavendar flowers, per jug
water, to fill up jug
honey/maple syrup/rice syrup, to taste
ice cubes

Put lavendar flowers into a teaÂ ball and place in the jug of water. Stir in the sweetner till disolved.Â Notes: You could use soda water instead of plain water to make it fizzy.

Enjoy these fresh summery drinks (and sweet syrup)!