Color Changing Lemonade

This is an easy and enchanting lemonade drink. What gives this drink its color changing lemonade are dried butterfly pea flowers. I bought mine on amazon, you can find them here. When steeped in water they turn the water a dark blue color. Then once lemon juice is added the color changes to a beautiful bright prink color.

We start off by making a butterfly pea flower tea concentrate. Once we add lemon juice to this we turn it into lemonade!

I usually let the flowers steep anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes, once it’s a deep dark blue color it’s ready to go. I usually pop it into the fridge so it can cool quickly.

Pour that cooled tea concentrate over ice, pour lemon juice, and watch the magic take place before your eyes! Enjoy

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups Water
• 3 tbsp dried butterfly pea flowers
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 lemons, juiced (about 1/2 a cup)

Instructions

1. Add butterfly pea flowers to 1 1/2 cups boiling water and let steep until a dark purple color, about 10 minutes.
2. Strain and add in your sugar, mixing well.
3. Let the tea cool or refrigerate.
4. Juice your lemons and add twice the amount of water as there is lemon juice. So if you have 1/2 a cup of lemon juice add 1 cup of water.
5. Once you butterfly pea flower tea has chilled, pour over ice.
6. To see the colors change pour half of the lemon juice over each tea! Enjoy