Sparkling Butterfly Pea Flower Mocktail with Mandarin Orange
A lightly sparkling butterfly pea flower mocktail made with mandarin orange simple syrup, fresh lemon juice, and a small splash of lemon seltzer.
Ingredients
- 6 oz hot water
- 2 Butterfly Pea Flower tea bags
- 2 tablespoons homemade mandarin orange simple syrup
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- Ice
- 2 oz lemon seltzer
- Lemon slice and fresh mint for garnish optional
Instructions
- Pour 6 ounces of hot water over the butterfly pea flower tea bags. Steep for 5 minutes, then remove the tea bags.
- Stir in the mandarin orange simple syrup.
- Add the fresh lemon juice and stir.
- Fill a tall glass with ice and pour in the tea mixture.
- Top with 2 ounces of lemon seltzer and stir gently.
- Garnish with lemon and mint, if desired. Serve immediately.
Notes
- For a still, non-sparkling version, replace the lemon seltzer with 2 ounces of cold water.
- To make the color change part of the presentation, add the lemon juice after the blue tea has been poured over ice and watch it shift toward purple before stirring.
- Get the orange syrup recipe here: Mandarin Orange Simple Syrup.