Lemonade In Bloom

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 cups water
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 (2 g) bags camomile tea
• 1/4 teaspoon dried lavender
• 2 sprigs fresh basil
• 1 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1 cup elderflower liqueur
• 1 cup vodka
• 1/2 cup gin
• fresh basil leaf, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, combine the water and sugar. bring to a boil, then remove from the heat. add the chamomile tea bags, lavender and basil. steep for 10 minutes.
• 2 strain the tea mixture through a mesh strainer into a pitcher, pressing the solids to extract as much liquid as possible. discard the solids. add the lemon juice, elderflower liqueur, vodka and gin.
• 3 chill. serve over ice garnished with basil.