Lavender Syrup With Coconut Sugar for Coffee, Tea, or Other Drinks

Do you love floral flavors?

I don’t know why, but lavender seems to be polarizing just like beets – people either love its floral notes or hate it. I love floral flavor in my drinks like orange flower water in my iced tea and roses in my hot chocolate.

Can you cook with any lavender?

You need to make sure the lavender you use is for culinary uses. If you grew it or bought organic from your local farmers market you should be okay, but if you buy it on Amazon make sure it’s culinary-grade lavender.

If you are buying lavender to make this lavender syrup on amazon, make sure that it’s culinary grade.

The best part of making your own syrups is that you can use the sweetener that fits with your diet and use your favorite non-dairy milk. You can always have your coffee as strong or weak as you want.

What parts of lavender can you cook with?

If you are lucky enough to grow your own lavender, you can cook with both fresh leaves and flowers. Dried you can use the buds and stems to flavor too.

If you are buying culinary lavender it will usually be the lavender buds.

Lavender syrup recipe:

This is a basic simple syrup recipe with an infusion of lavender flavor. Plain simple syrup is just water and sugar, but add a small amount of lavender and it becomes magical.

• 1 cup water
• 1 cup coconut sugar, vegan pure cane sugar, or even agave nectar or maple syrup in a pinch
• 1 tablespoon culinary lavender, I like to use organic lavender when I can find it

How to make lavender syrup:

Put the water and coconut sugar in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Stir and cook until the sugar dissolves into the syrup. This will take about 3 minutes.

Take the pan off the heat and stir in the lavender. Steep 5 to 8 minutes depending on how strong you like it. Taste at the 5-minute mark and add the other 3 minutes on if you don’t taste enough of the lavender flavor.

Strain through a fine-mesh strainer to remove the lavender buds. Store in the fridge for about 2 to 3 weeks.

Use about 1 – 3 tablespoons of the syrup in hot or iced coffee to sweeten to taste.

Can I make syrup in my slow cooker?

Yes, you can, just add all the ingredients to a small 1½ to 2-quart slow cooker and cook on low for 4 hours.

How do you use lavender syrup?

You can use the syrup in plain sparkling water to make a homemade lavender soda. It also makes a great lavender martini. I love it in iced and hot coffee. It’s great in tea and it’s amazing with Earl Grey Tea.

How do I store coffee and cocktail syrups?

I like to use small resealable glass containers and store them in the fridge. The syrup will last several weeks in the fridge.