Butterfly Pea Vitamin C Glow Lemonade
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A simple lemonade with a built-in party trick — pour the lemon juice in slowly and watch the deep blue tea shift into a soft, glowing pink right in the glass. Beyond the visual, this pairing isn't random: vitamin C from the lemon works alongside butterfly pea's antioxidants, which is exactly the kind of "form follows function" detail we like in a ritual.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp Queen Omi Organic Butterfly Pea Powder
- 1/2 cup hot water
- 4 cups cold water
- 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice (about 3–4 lemons)
- 1/4 cup honey or simple syrup, or to taste
- Ice
- Lemon slices, for garnish
Instructions
- Whisk the butterfly pea powder with the hot water until fully dissolved into a concentrate. Let cool.
- In a large pitcher, combine the cold water, honey, and butterfly pea concentrate. Stir well — the mixture will be a vivid blue.
- Fill glasses with ice.
- Pour the blue lemonade base over the ice, filling each glass about 3/4 full.
- Just before serving, add a splash of fresh lemon juice to each glass and stir — the color will shift from blue to a soft pink-violet.
- Garnish with a lemon slice and serve immediately.
Note: For a layered effect instead of stirring, pour the lemon juice in slowly and let it sink to the bottom undisturbed — it creates a natural gradient from pink at the bottom to blue at the top.
