Lavender Simple Syrup Recipe

Name: Lavender Simple Syrup Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1 Cup water (filtered); 2 Tablespoons lavender (dried, food grade); 1 Cup white sugar; food coloring (purple, optional)

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This homemade lavender simple syrup is as easy to make as it is delightful to use. With just dried lavender, sugar, and water, you’ll have a fragrant syrup that adds a touch of floral elegance to everything from matcha lattes and cocktails to cakes and ice cream. Want that signature lavender hue? A drop of purple food coloring does the trick! Whether you’re sweetening up your morning tea or fancying up dessert, this syrup is your secret ingredient for a little extra charm in every sip and bite.

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This luscious lavender simple syrup will elevate all your favorite drinks. Perfect for cocktails, lattes, teas, and more, this syrup is as versatile as it is delicious.

Also try strawberry gin rickeys with strawberry basil syrup, copycat Starbucks sugar free drinks or lemon lavender vodka cocktails with lavender butterfly pea syrup.

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Why You’ll Love It

Easy to make: You simply need to combine your ingredients in a saucepan, strain out the lavender buds and bottle it.
A speedy recipe: Lavender simple syrup takes about 15 minutes to make from scratch.
Only 3 ingredients: Filtered water, dried lavender and granulated sugar are the only ingredients you need, although you might also like to add a little purple food coloring.
So versatile: There are lots of drinks you can make using lavender syrup, such as lattes, teas, cocktails, cakes, and sodas, to name just a few.

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Dried Lavender Simple Syrup Ingredients

A complete list of ingredients and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.

Filtered water: Filtered water has the chemicals and other additives removed via filtration, so you won’t get any unwanted flavors in your lavender simple syrup, like you might with plain water.
Dried lavender: Make sure you’re using food grade lavender, not the kind that has pesticides on it!
White sugar: White granulated sugar sweetens the syrup.
Purple food dye: This is an optional ingredient.

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How to Make Lavender Syrup

For more detailed instructions with weights and measurements, jump to the printable recipe card.

Steep the lavender buds: Add water, lavender and sugar to a small saucepan and heat it for about 10 minutes on a medium heat, stirring until the sugar is dissolved.
Strain and store: Strain it into a jar or bottle, discard the lavender buds. If liked, add a few drops of food coloring to the syrup and shake the jar to mix. Keep refrigerated until use.

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Substitutions and Variations

Add a touch of citrus: Add a few drops of lemon juice (lavender and lemon make a wonderful pairing).
Add a touch of vanilla: A couple of drops of pure vanilla extract makes a lavender-vanilla syrup that’s really delicious.
Add a herbal flavor: A little fresh mint adds a complementary flavor. Add a mint sprig to the lavender and water mixture and remove before bottling.
Color it purple: You can either use a few drops of purple food coloring or add a frozen blackberry to the mixture for a more subtle hue.

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Serving Suggestions

In hot drinks: Try some in a hot matcha latte or in hot tea. Lavender pairs especially well with honey, lemon or chamomile.
In chilled drinks: Iced matcha latte is refreshing or you can enjoy a splash of lavender syrup in a glass of Sprite or 7Up, or use it in Italian cream soda.
In desserts: Pour a little over vanilla ice cream or incorporate it in vanilla cakes.

How to Store Homemade Lavender Simple Syrup

Store: Refrigerate lavender syrup and use it within a week or two.
Freeze: You can also freeze the syrup for several weeks. I like to freeze it in an ice cube tray.
Thaw: Use frozen (in cold drinks, to flavor and chill them) or let it melt at room temperature before use.

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Top Tips

Use food grade dried lavender: This is important, as non food grade lavender might have been treated with pesticides or other chemicals. (Like this one!)
Keep an eye on it: Watch the saucepan and stir the mixture often. You don’t need the temperature any higher than a gentle simmer.
Label the container: If this is the only syrup you’re making and you’re adding purple food dye, you’ll know what it is, otherwise it’s best to label your jar or bottle so you know.

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Dried Lavender Simple Syrup FAQs

Can I give this lavender syrup recipe a bolder lavender flavor?

Sure, you can use 3 or 4 tablespoons of dried lavender.

Can I use lavender extract instead of the dried flowers?

You could, although you won’t get such a fresh flavor if using that.

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Homemade Lavender Simple Syrup Recipe

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Lavender Simple Syrup Recipe

By: Bella Bucchiotti

This luscious lavender simple syrup will elevate your favorite drinks. Perfect for cocktails, lattes and more, this syrup is as versatile as it is delicious.

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 10

Total Time: 15

Servings: cups

Equipment

Ingredients

▢ 1 Cup water, filtered
▢ 2 Tablespoons lavender, dried, food grade
▢ 1 Cup white sugar
▢ food coloring, purple, optional

Instructions

Heat the water, sugar and lavender in a saucepan over a medium heat, stirring often, until the sugar is dissolved, about 10 minutes.
Strain the liquid into a jar, along with a few drops of food coloring if using. You will be left with all the lavender in the sieve which you can discard.

Notes

Use food grade dried lavender: This is important, as non food grade lavender might have been treated with pesticides or other chemicals.
Keep an eye on it: Watch the saucepan and stir the mixture often. You don’t need the temperature any higher than a gentle simmer.
Label the container: If this is the only syrup you’re making and you’re adding purple food dye, you’ll know what it is, otherwise it’s best to label your jar or bottle so you know.

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A saucepan on a green surface contains the beginnings of a lavender simple syrup recipe, with sugar and dried lavender. Nearby, a small dish with matcha powder and a spoon awaits its turn to add flavor magic.

This delicious and aromatic lavender simple syrup is a versatile syrup that pairs with various flavors. Enjoy your homemade lavender syrup in anything from a lavender latte to lavender lemonade or kick back with delicate-flavored lavender cocktails. Fresh lavender, or culinary lavender, pairs with water and white sugar to make this simple syrup, letting the mixture steep to perfection. Personalize it if you wish – perhaps add vanilla or use extra lavender flowers for a stronger lavender flavor, and see how many beautiful sweets and drinks you can make with it. And it’s all-natural, unlike store bought alternatives.

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Bella Bucchiotti

Bella Bucchiotti is a Canadian-based syndicated food, travel, and lifestyle writer, photographer, and creator at xoxoBella. She founded xoxoBella in 2015, where she shares her love for food, dogs, sustainability, fitness, crafts, outdoor adventures, travel, and philanthropy to encourage others to run the extra mile, try new recipes, visit unfamiliar places, and stand for a cause. Bella creates stress-free and family-friendly recipes for weeknight dinners and festive feasts.

Lavender Simple Syrup