Blueberry Lavender Dusk

Blueberry and lavender make a delicate floral fizz, while lemon provides the clearest tart note. Both the berries and flowers benefit from restraint in different ways: blueberries need a gentle crush, lavender needs a very small measure. Use culinary lavender and taste after a short infusion. Too much can become perfumed. This should remain a mild berry drink with a floral suggestion, rather than lavender water with a little blue color.

Ingredients

• 5 oz Sparkling water
• 1/4 cup Blueberries
• 1/8 tsp Culinary lavender
• 1/2 oz Lemon juice

Make it

1. Add any fruit, herbs, spices, or syrup to a glass and gently press to release flavor.
2. Add the still liquids and ice. Stir to combine.
3. Pour in the sparkling ingredient slowly and stir once. Serve immediately.

Benefits

Lemon · a little vitamin C

The 1/2 oz of lemon juice adds some vitamin C for absorbing iron from plant foods, with blueberry and lavender rounding out the flavor.

Blueberry · more than a sweet mixer

With lavender and lemon in the glass, the measured blueberry contributes a mellow berry sweetness as an accent to the fizz.

Use culinary lavender, never essential oil.