Matcha Butterfly Pea Flower Lemonade

A color-changing layered matcha lemonade made with butterfly pea flower tea that turns blue to purple.

Starbucks recently launched a layered cold brew drink that changes color BUT it’s only available in Asia.

The color-changing part of the drink is from butterfly pea flowers. The flowers are a vibrant deep blue when steeped in hot water but when lemon is added, it changes color to a jewel-tone purple.

Starbucks tops their drink with coffee but I topped off my drink with matcha, because of course I did.

Ingredients
BUTTERFLY PEA FLOWER INGREDIENTS

• 2 teaspoons butterfly pea flowers
• 1 cup water

LEMONADE INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup lemon juice (1 lemon)

MATCHA INGREDIENTS

• 2 teaspoons matcha
• 1 cup cold water

Instructions

1. Start with the lemonade since that'll take the longest to make.
2. Make simple syrup by adding sugar and water into a saucepan and bringing it to a boil.
3. Lower heat to simmer until sugar has completely dissolved, about 3 minutes. Take off heat and let cool. Stir in lemon juice.
4. There will be more lemonade than needed for the recipe so you can store the rest in the refrigerator.
5. Next, make the butterfly pea flower tea by steeping flowers in hot water for 5 minutes. The longer you steep the flowers, the darker the blue the tea will be. Discard flowers. Let cool.
6. Into a wide-mouth water bottle, pour in cold water then matcha. Close lid and shake for 10 seconds.
7. ...................................

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