Lilac Kombucha Cocktails

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This delicate, aromatic Lilac Kombucha Cocktail is the ultimate drink for late spring or early summer. Sweet, soft florals pair perfectly with tart, effervescent kombucha—it’s like sipping on a bouquet of flowers!

I used Brew Dr. “Love” kombucha to make this cocktail. It’s made with lavender, chamomile, and jasmine green tea, giving it an amazing floral flavor that pairs beautifully with lilac. If this brand of kombucha isn’t available in your local grocery store, feel free to swap it out for another floral kombucha, or even a berry flavor. 

To make this drink, we’ll begin by making a batch of lilac syrup. This recipe yields about a cup of lilac syrup. We’ll use a combination of fresh lilac flowers, sugar, and water to make the syrup—plus a couple of blueberries thrown in for color (lilac syrup tends to be a brownish purple color on its own)!

To make the cocktails, we’ll combine the lavender simple syrup with vodka, lemon juice, and kombucha. If you’d like to skip the alcohol and make mocktails instead, simply swap out the vodka for equal parts kombucha.

Lilac Kombucha Cocktails

Makes 1 cup of lilac simple syrup and 1 cocktail

Ingredients:

For the lilac simple syrup:

• 1 cup organic cane sugar

• 1 cup fresh, food-grade lilac flowers (washed and stems removed)

• 1 cup water

• Small handful of blueberries (for color)

For the lilac kombucha cocktails:

• 1/2 oz lilac simple syrup

• 1 1/2 oz vodka**

• Squeeze of lemon 

• 4-6 oz floral kombucha 

• Lilac flowers for garnish (optional)

To make:

1. Make the lilac syrup. Combine the water, sugar, blueberries, and lilac flowers in a small saucepan and bring to a gentle boil. Turn off the heat and stir well. Cover and let the lilac flowers steep in the syrup for about 2 hours. Use a mesh sieve to strain out the flowers and pour the syrup into a jar or small pitcher. Keep refrigerated (it will keep for about a week). 

2. To make the cocktails, fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Add vodka, lilac syrup, and a squeeze of lemon juice. Cover and shake well. 

3. Strain into a coupe glass and top off with kombucha. Garnish with lilac flowers (optional) and serve right away. Enjoy!

** For a mocktail, simply omit the vodka and top off with more kombucha.

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