Lavender Lemonade Recipe

Last Updated on January 27, 2026 by becky

Sweet, floral, and the prettiest shade of pale purple, this lavender lemonade recipe makes an elegant beverage choice for bridal showers, weddings, and other summer celebrations.

Why Make This Lavender Lemonade Recipe?

Nothing says “summer” quite like lemonade. And while you can never go wrong with a classic, sometimes it’s nice to dress up your drink with fun flavors, like rhubarb, blueberry, or—as I’ve done with this recipe—lavender.

Lavender is such an underappreciated ingredient. You can add it to sugar cookies, ice cream, coffee, or hot chocolate. Dry it and make it into gifts, like lavender sachets or homemade sugar cubes. Toss it in a stovetop simmer pot. (This spring simmer pot with blueberries, lavender, and lemon is one of my personal favorites!) Or, stir it into a pitcher of homemade lemonade.

Made with freshly-squeezed lemons and homemade lavender syrup, this fragrant twist on the classic summertime beverage is sweet, just slightly floral, and naturally pale purple in color, with no food coloring or artificial ingredients required.

This lavender lemonade recipe is easily doubled or tripled, so it’s a great choice for large summer gatherings, too!

Ingredients for Making This Lavender Lemonade Recipe

To make lavender lemonade, you’ll need the following:

• Lemon Juice – Start with freshly squeezed lemon juice (you can use a citrus juicer to simplify the process), not bottled or reconstituted. You won’t need the peels for this recipe, but don’t toss them in the bin—my candied lemon peel recipe offers a lovely way to repurpose the peels!
• Lavender Syrup – I developed this lavender lemonade using my own lavender simple syrup recipe, but if you want to keep things ultra-simple, you can substitute a store-bought cocktail syrup instead.

Juicing the Lemons

This recipe works best with real, fresh lemon juice, not the kind bottled in a little plastic lemon.

Here are a few of my favorite tips and tricks to make juicing easier. (You can use these techniques to juice lemons for granita, lemon curd, or lemon posset, too!)

• Start with ripe lemons. Firm lemons are harder to squeeze, and produce less juice.
• Use your microwave. Microwave the whole, unpeeled lemon for10-15 seconds to soften, then squeeze as usual.

• Roll across the countertop. Rolling the whole lemon across the countertop 5-10 times helps to soften the fruit.
• Buy a juicer. Although I usually squeeze with my hands, a citrus juicer makes juicing a breeze.

Preparing the Lavender Syrup

The lavender flavor in this lemonade recipe comes from simmering granulated sugar and culinary-grade dried lavender flowers into a homemade lavender syrup.

Scratch-made lavender syrup requires minimal skill and just an hour or so in the kitchen. The syrup lasts a long time in the fridge, so you can use it for multiple pitchers of lemonade. And save the leftovers! Lavender syrup tastes lovely in iced tea or iced coffee, in hot chocolate, or in an elegant lavender cocktail.

How to Make Lavender Lemonade

To make lavender lemonade, start by combining water and fresh lemon juice in a large pitcher, then whisking in lavender simple syrup to taste. Refrigerate the mixture for at least an hour, or until ready to serve. Serve over ice, accompanied by slices of fresh lemon or homemade lavender sugar cubes.

For ingredients, step-by-step instructions, and process photos, scroll down to the recipe card below.

Make-Ahead and Storage Suggestions

You can prepare the lavender simple syrup a week or more in advance. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator until ready to use.

This recipe can be doubled or tripled. Remember to adjust the pitcher size accordingly.

Store homemade lavender lemonade in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

Other lavender recipes you might enjoy:

Lavender Ice Cream
Lavender Sugar Cubes
Lavender Sugar Cookies
Lavender Iced Coffee
Lavender Hot Chocolate

And if you do make these, or any of my recipes, don’t forget to tag me @bastecutfold or use the hashtag #bastecutfold on Instagram. I always love to see what you’re making!

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