Lavender Tea You can make DIY lavender tea with fresh or dried buds! This soothing herbal tea tastes subtly floral and has potential health benefits.

Make an easy floral riff on this gin classic by replacing the simple syrup with lavender syrup. The Ramos Gin Fizz needs quite a bit of shaking to build up that lovely rich foam.Homemade jam is best, you are in charge of the ingredients so you can use less sugar than commercial jam and there are no chemicals in there at all.

Make it a lavender collins - Ever had a tom collins? The flavor is similar, but you will skip the egg white, and top with club soda instead. We have been busy the last few weeks wrapping up the end of summer by finding ways to use our fresh herbs from our garden before the cold nights of fall finish off our herbs. One of the herbs we have been really enjoying is our lavender, which finally has established itself enough to bloom, its purple flowers fragrantly floral in the late summer sun. Yes, you can use frozen strawberries for this strawberry and lavender gin liqueur recipe, just defrost them first. What type of lavender? Lavender gin is a refreshing and aromatic drink that is perfect for summer sipping! Lavender gin is a special type of gin that is distilled with the herb lavender. As a herb, Lavender has a long history of use in herbal medicine and is thought to have many health benefits, including reducing anxiety, improving sleep quality, and relieving pain.Make the lavender simple syrup ahead of time (you’ll need 30 minutes to 2 hours while it steeps and cools).

Then added 500g of sugar and the juice from half a lemon to a pan and slowly brought it to a rolling boil. Serve your jam on toast for a hair-of-the-dog style breakfast treat, with scones and cream for a tea-time treat. Quite simply you are going to infuse the gin with the flavour of the strawberries and the lavender. You do this by placing all the ingredients in a nice big Kilner type jar and popping it into a dark cupboard for a week. This is a truly MAGIC gin! The petals that provide the colour are rich in natural anthocynanins. These are responsible for the blue, violet and red pigments we see in the natural world. However what makes them magic in our gin is that when you add a tonic or any other fizzy soda it changes the pH and so the anthocyanin changes from purple to pink! Pour yourself a gin and tonic with our Lavender & Echinacea and marvel at the magic of nature. Measure three teaspoons of fresh flowers into a Kilner jar and top up with gin. Give the jar a good shake and leave in a cupboard.Make sure to leave a 5-star review below! This helps other readers find our recipes via Google, and encourages them to try them. Also be sure to leave a comment with your experience! Remove the pan from the heat and let the liquid cool fully before straining out the flowers. Store the syrup in a closed container in the refrigerator for up to two weeks. Now I just had to keep it bubbling till it reached that magical setting point and then ladled it into sterilised jars.