Summertime Mocktails: Butterfly Blue Lemonade
Are you ready to add a little spark to your Fourth of July celebration? This refreshing drink is as fun to make as it is to sip. Hailing from Southeast Asia, Butterfly-pea flower tea is caffeine-free and full of antioxidants. It also happens to make the most beautiful cup of blue tea you’ve ever seen. But don’t let the color fool you into thinking it tastes anything like other blue-hued beverages. It actually boasts a wonderful earthy flavor, very much like green tea.
But there’s a bit of magic in these leaves. When you mix this tantalizing tea with anything containing citric acid, like lemon or lime juice, the blue transforms to colors ranging from a bright purple to a vivid magenta.
For our summertime mocktail, we layer the tea onto lemonade to create a dazzling effect. Swirling the colors together combines the earthy flavor of the tea with the sweet lemonade for a beautifully balanced mocktail.
