I was really craving lavender tea tonight, and remembered I dried a bunch of lavender flowers this past summer. Sooooo, tried an experiment, mixing lavender with this tea! I was a little heavy-handed on the lavender though… so that’s really all I taste, but it’s not too bad. Now I want to add cream and lemon and vanilla flavours :D (I debated putting some lemon zest, a drop of vanilla extract, and whipping cream in the cup, but held off for now. But I might try that tomorrow for curiousity if nothing else! I of course don’t have flavouring oils, so those are my available options.)
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I love lavender, but have learned the hard way that a little goes a long way, otherwise it can get a bit vegetal/sour. I only use a scant half gram most of the time, which looks like hardly any, but it just packs such a wallop it’s usually just right. My favorite simple effectives? Steeping half a gram buds in 3 parts boiling water and adding one part warmed coconut milk; it’s a beautiful flavor combination! Also cold-steeping lavender sencha directly in lemonade instead of water. Stellar.
That lemonade idea sounds interesting. May have to give that a try!
Ah yes – the lavender was creeping into vegetal territory, not sour though. Admittedly, I also wasn’t careful about what I put in the infuser, so there are probably some green flower parts included.
Your infusion ideas sound divine… I (still) have leftover coconut cream in the fridge and it sounds like I’ll be trying lavender + water + coconut tonight! Although my kitchen scale only goes to the gram, so I’ll probably be quite inaccurate there.
I had lavender lemonade (lavender simple syrup + lemonade) at a wedding this summer. It was amazing. I was also extremely pregnant and very hot (outdoor wedding), but I actually don’t think those factors were involved.
Yes, lavender/coconut and lavender/lemon are two of my favorite flavor combos! Such an easy lemonade and sooo tasty! It also pairs really nice with chocolate, I’ve found! I ground up some lavender in a spice grinder and infused it into cocoa powder with granulated sugar to make a lavender-flavored hot chocolate, and it’s amazing! My friends really like that cocoa, too.
I love lavender, but have learned the hard way that a little goes a long way, otherwise it can get a bit vegetal/sour. I only use a scant half gram most of the time, which looks like hardly any, but it just packs such a wallop it’s usually just right. My favorite simple effectives? Steeping half a gram buds in 3 parts boiling water and adding one part warmed coconut milk; it’s a beautiful flavor combination! Also cold-steeping lavender sencha directly in lemonade instead of water. Stellar.
That lemonade idea sounds interesting. May have to give that a try!
Ah yes – the lavender was creeping into vegetal territory, not sour though. Admittedly, I also wasn’t careful about what I put in the infuser, so there are probably some green flower parts included.
Your infusion ideas sound divine… I (still) have leftover coconut cream in the fridge and it sounds like I’ll be trying lavender + water + coconut tonight! Although my kitchen scale only goes to the gram, so I’ll probably be quite inaccurate there.
I had lavender lemonade (lavender simple syrup + lemonade) at a wedding this summer. It was amazing. I was also extremely pregnant and very hot (outdoor wedding), but I actually don’t think those factors were involved.
Yes, lavender/coconut and lavender/lemon are two of my favorite flavor combos! Such an easy lemonade and sooo tasty! It also pairs really nice with chocolate, I’ve found! I ground up some lavender in a spice grinder and infused it into cocoa powder with granulated sugar to make a lavender-flavored hot chocolate, and it’s amazing! My friends really like that cocoa, too.