Blueberry Lemonade

Blueberry lemonade is as refreshing as it is beautiful. This vibrant magenta spin on classic lemonade is destined to be your go-to for summer sipping.

Blueberry Lemonade

Everyone loves a frosty glass of icy cold lemonade when the weather gets hot, but sometimes it’s fun to change it up a bit. In just about every blueberry dessert (think Blueberry Grunt or Lemon Blueberry Bread or Blueberry Lemon Bars) there’s lemon to set it off, so it seemed a natural step to use blueberries to enhance lemonade.

It’s delightfully refreshing and the sweet blueberries add a little unexpected and subtle floral quality to the lemonade. While that is enough to recommend it for me, it sure doesn’t hurt that it’s really pretty, too.

How to Make Blueberry Lemonade

To make this refreshing lemonade, you’ll need the following list of ingredients:

• sugar
• water
• blueberries
• lemons
• ice

You can use either frozen or fresh blueberries in this recipe. Either will work fine.

I do recommend using freshly squeezed lemon juice rather than bottled lemon juice, though. It just plain tastes better for lemonade.

Blueberry Lemonade Recipe

Bring sugar and 1 cup of water to a boil. Stir until the sugar has dissolved. Add the blueberries and simmer until the berries begin to burst, pressing gently with a wooden spoon as they cook.

Place a fine mesh sieve over a bowl next to the stove. Pour the berry mixture through the strainer. Discard the berry pieces caught in the strainer.

In a large pitcher, combine the blueberry syrup, lemon juice, and the remaining 4 cups of water. Stir to combine and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Fill glasses with ice and then fill each one with blueberry lemonade. Garnish with fresh berries, mint sprigs, and a lemon slice, if desired.

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