Violet Parlour Lemonade

Name: Violet Parlour Lemonade
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 2 quarts (1.9 L); 8 glasses
Ingredients: 1 cup fresh lemon juice (240 ml); 0.5 cup violet syrup (120 ml); 0.25 cup sugar; 5 cups cold water (1.2 L); lemon wheels and ice

Violet was a favourite flavour of the early twentieth century, and it makes a lemonade that is lilac and a little mysterious. The acid in the lemon turns the colour from lilac to pink as you stir. It is a drink to hand to someone and watch.

about 2 quarts (1.9 L); 8 glassesYield

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What you'll need

1 cup fresh lemon juice (240 ml)
0.5 cup violet syrup (120 ml)
0.25 cup sugar
5 cups cold water (1.2 L)
lemon wheels and ice

How to make it

Stir the sugar into the lemon juice until dissolved.
Add the violet syrup and cold water and stir.
Pour over ice and add a lemon wheel.
Glass: Tall glasses. Garnish: A lemon wheel and a sugared violet if you have one.

Chef's secrets

Taste and add more syrup if you want a stronger floral note.

Violet syrup is sold in bottles by the coffee syrups.

Good to know

Make ahead

Keeps a day in the fridge.