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Butterfly Pea Flower Lemonade
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Butterfly Pea Flower Lemonade

This magical color-changing butterfly pea flower lemonade transforms from deep indigo blue to vibrant purple when lemon juice is added, creating a stunning visual effect. This easy homemade butterfly pea flower drink is a showstopping Instagram-worthy recipe packed with antioxidants.

4.5
20 min
🍴2 servings
🔥60 cal
🔖Easy
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30 second summary

A visually stunning color-changing drink made with blue butterfly pea flower tea and fresh lemon juice.

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Nutrition per serving

60Calories
0gProtein
15gCarbs
0gFat
0gFiber

Ingredients

2servings

tea

lemonade

sweetener

serving

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Instructions

1

Brew the Butterfly Pea Flower Tea

Place the dried butterfly pea flowers in a heatproof pitcher and pour hot water over them. Steep for 5 minutes until the water turns a deep vivid indigo blue, then strain out the flowers and allow the tea to cool completely.

2

Prepare the Sweetened Lemon Juice

Combine fresh lemon juice and simple syrup in a small bowl and stir well until fully blended. Keep this mixture separate from the blue tea to preserve the dramatic color-change moment.

3

Create the Color Change Effect

Fill two glasses generously with ice cubes and pour the deep blue butterfly pea flower tea over the ice. Slowly pour the sweetened lemon juice into each glass and watch the magical transformation from blue to purple as the citric acid reacts with the anthocyanins in the tea.

Substitutions

dried butterfly pea flowersbutterfly pea flower tea bags
simple syrupagave syrup

Common mistakes

Mixing the lemon juice into the pitcher before serving which eliminates the dramatic color-change effect
Steeping the flowers for too long which can produce a slightly earthy or grassy off-flavor in the tea
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