Happy Saturday! I hope you all had a fab 4th of July holiday 🙂 this week went by so fast but I’m glad it’s finally the weekend! For this weeks #SipsWithSami, I wanted to do something a little different. I recently had the most delicious Lavender drink at a local restaurant and that inspired me to try something similar out for myself. It took a few tries for me to get it to taste just right but I finally did and knew I had to share it with you guys.
Now this recipe is not as simple as my previous ones, but if you’re feeling adventurous and want to make something different, then this is the drink for you 🙂
Lavender Gimlet:
Total Time: ~ 30 minutes
Servies: 2
Ingredients:
- 2 ounces of Gin (add more if you like your drink stronger)
- 1 ounce of fresh lemon juice
- 2 cup of water
- 1/2-1 ounce of lavender simple syrup (depends on how strong you want the lavender taste to be)
- Black sugar for the rim of the glass
- **Optional – purple/violet food coloring (or mix a drop of red and a drop of blue) mixed with 1/4 cup of water for puple/pinkish color**
Instructions:Â
- First, you need to make the lavender simple syrup: Boil 2 cups of water and 1/4 cup of sugar. Once it boils, take off heat and add 1/4 cup of lavender seeds and stir. Let it sit for 15 minutes then strain out seeds
- Next, line the rim of the glass with black sugar. I like to run a cut lemon around the edge of the glass so the sugar sticks firmly
- **Optional Step** – to make your drink a purple pinkish color mix 1/4 cup of water with one drop of red food coloring and one drop of blue, or two drops of purple/violet
- In a shaker, add 2 ounces of Gin, 1 ounce of fresh lemon juice, lavender simple syrup and ice (also add the food coloring here if you decide to use it)
- Shake and strain into a cocktail glass
- Garnish with a sprig of lavender or lavender seeds (optional)
- Enjoy!
Side note: I ordered the lavender seeds and black rim sugar off of Etsy, I will link it below! Also, a heads up – although it looks really cool, the black rim sugar will stain your lips, teeth, tongue, etc. lol! I had no idea until I finished my drink and noticed my mouth was black.. so I recommend maybe using a straw if you don’t want to stain your mouth.
Make your own lavender gimlet:
Hope you guys enjoyed this one, xo Sami
This looks so delicious <3 <3
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Ohhh you Show sooo Good cocktails:)
Love Lavender taste so much:)
Gin is my Favorite too, the Recipe is simple, definitely will try out:)
Kisses
Wow, thins drink seems so interesting, I’ve only tried lavender lemonade once and I liked it, would love to try something alcoholic with lavender taste.
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Wow these look so delicious, such a stylish and beautiful cocktail for summer! Great post, thanks for sharing 🙂
Camille xo
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I’ve never heard of a lavender drink but this just looks too goo to be true! I want to try it. This is something different that I’m sure my friends will love. Thanks for this!
I absolutely LOVE gin. I am trying this recipe out this weekend for sure. Thank you!
This drink looks so delish! would love to try and I’m going to bookmark this post for when I ready to make it! Thanks for sharing, beauty!
Please don’t ever stop doing Sips With Sami! I’m learning so many new cool cocktails to make, including this one with one of my favorite ingredients…lavender! Quick question: did you use to be a bartender, or are you self taught? Awesome either way 🙂
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This is truly so delightful! I’ve been really into Lavender lately in skincare and even in fashion, lol! I love this particular mixture and would love to try it soon! Thank you so much!
This drink sounds so sophisticated and divine!! I love that you have the garnish around the rim of the glass for that extra fancy touch.
~ xo Sheree
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The black sugar rim adds such a nice touch! Looks so classy babe, great post<3
XO, Jessi
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I just love the smell of lavender. It’s so calming and refreshing. This looks pretty too!
This looks so awesome! I didn’t know you could mix those two but it sounds so cool! Will definitely have to try this out.
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Garnishing the glass with lavender seeds is a brand new concept to me, and I love how pretty it makes the drink look! Such a creative idea 🙂
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I really want to try this cocktail out! I’m a gin girl so this is right up my alley! I’ve never tried lavender before in a drink so I’m so curious as to how it will this will taste.
xo, Jo
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I don’t think I’ve ever had a lavender drink and am really intrigued to try one now! I also love the beautiful decoration you did with the lavender seeds and will definitely copy that tip from you. 🙂
Thomas xx
Muchos Gracias for your post.Really looking forward to read more. Fantastic.