Skip the pricey coffee shops (and long lines!) and whip up a jar of delicious homemade lavender simple syrup. Perfect for coffee drinks, iced tea, lemonade, glazes, and more, this easy recipe infuses a sweet, lavender flavor into your favorite drinks and treats!
The simple process only takes three ingredients—and one is water! When stored in a pretty glass bottle or mason jar, this lavender syrup recipe also makes a great gift. It's a delicious way to spread love and lots of floral flavor!
Table of Contents
- 🗝️ Key takeaways: why this recipe is your new favorite
- 🧾 Gather your ingredients: what you'll need
- 📖 Make it your own: yummy variations
- 🔪 Step-by-step guide: instructions for success
- 🍴Must have tools: essential equipment
- 🥫 Leftover love: how to store lavender simple syrup
- Marye's Tip o' the day
- 💭 Insider tips: things to know
- 👩🍳 Let's answer those questions: FAQs
- 📚 More Southern comfort: related recipes you'll love
- 🍽️ No waste: creative ways to repurpose
- 📞 Wrapping it up: the last word
- 📖 Recipe
- 💬 Comments
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🗝️ Key takeaways: why this recipe is your new favorite
- Add delicate, fancy-tasting floral notes to your favorite beverages with around 10 minutes of prep time and just 3 simple ingredients.
- Homemade simple syrup lasts for weeks and tastes great in iced coffee, lattes, cocktail recipes, hot chocolate, and more!
- By letting the dried lavender flowers infuse in the sugar/water combination overnight, you'll get the best flavor.
Infuse your morning (or afternoon, or evening) with the lovely, calming taste of lavender!
Whether your own lavender plant is taking over the garden or you're just in the mood to try something new, this homemade syrup will whisk you away on an herbal journey from the very first sip.
🧾 Gather your ingredients: what you'll need
This is an overview of the ingredients. You'll find the full measurements and instructions in the green recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.
📖 Make it your own: yummy variations
- Add a drop or two of food coloring to give your lavender coffee syrup a richer purple color.
- Complement the lavender by stirring in a bit of vanilla extract (¼ teaspoon or so) if you'd like.
- Once you have this basic simple syrup recipe down pat, you can swap the lavender with any herb or edible flower bud (rosemary, chamomile, etc.) for more unique syrups!
🔪 Step-by-step guide: instructions for success
This is an overview of the instructions. Full instructions are in the green recipe card at the bottom of the page. Click on the image to see it full size.
Simmer the water and white sugar.
Once sugar dissolves, add lavender.
Let infuse overnight. Strain lavender out.
Pour simple syrup into glass jars.
🤫 Marye's secret for zhuzhing it up -
Use nice glass bottles or small mason jars for storage. Decorate them with a piece of twine and a sprig of fresh or dried lavender blossoms for a perfectly pretty present!
zhuzh: verb. To make something more interesting or attractive
🍴Must have tools: essential equipment
- Medium saucepan
- Fine mesh strainer
🥫 Leftover love: how to store lavender simple syrup
Store homemade lavender syrup in an airtight container—I recommend something glass with a tight lid. In the fridge, it'll keep for two weeks.
Marye's Tip o' the day
Don't forget to put a bowl underneath your strainer! We get in the habit of straining liquid out (like pasta), so it's easier than you'd think to accidentally dump the simple syrup right down the drain.
💭 Insider tips: things to know
- Make sure to use culinary lavender (food-grade only) and not lavender for decor, potpourri, or crafts.
- If you're struggling to find lavender for culinary uses in grocery stores near you, try a local farmer's market or head to Amazon, World Market, or a specialty tea store for dried lavender buds.
- If it's your first time buying lavender, look for plump and bright buds. Dark, wilted flowers mean it will have less flavor.
- I like to add the lavender after I remove the simple syrup from the heat because it lets the flavor infuse gently overnight, so it won't be bitter. This is the key to the best lavender syrup!
- Let the lavender simple syrup cool to room temperature before putting it in the refrigerator. It's never a good idea to put hot liquid in the fridge.
👩🍳 Let's answer those questions: FAQs
Have other questions? Ask me in the comments!
While you can use brown sugar for regular simple syrup, I don't recommend it in this recipe. The color will turn out really dark, and the molasses-y flavor of the brown sugar can overpower the lavender.
The lavender flowers will give the simple syrup an amber color, similar to tea. Many commercial lavender syrups are colored with food dye, giving it that really bright purple shade.
It's delicious in cold drinks and hot beverages! However, you can also use it in glaze (for things like scones or muffins) or drizzled over pounds cakes or ice cream. Scroll down for more ideas.
Easy lavender syrup (and all simple syrup) is pretty sweet, so I recommend adding just a touch, taste-testing, and adding more if you'd like. It's always easier to add more than take some away!
While English lavender is sweeter and softer in flavor, French lavender has a bit of a lemony aroma. You can use any type of food-grade lavender in this simple syrup recipe.
⏲️ Marye's time saving hacks -
Use a funnel to easily and quickly pour the homemade lavender syrup into a jar. This way, you don't have to worry about drips or splashes!
📚 More Southern comfort: related recipes you'll love
- Pair your herbal beverage with a warm slice of buttery Lemon Lavender Irish Soda Bread, done in under an hour!
- Delicious in your morning coffee or latte, Jack Daniels Caramel Sauce is sweet, rich, and creamy. Better yet, it takes just 15 minutes.
- Red Velvet Hot Fudge is a fun twist on a classic Southern flavor. It tastes delicious on ice cream sundaes and cakes.
🍽️ No waste: creative ways to repurpose
Easy lavender simple syrup is delicious in so many recipes, it's sure to become a staple in your fridge!
- Homemade Lavender Soda: Add it in place of your favorite sweeteners for use with a water-carbonating machine or add 2 tablespoons to club soda.
- Lavender Latte Recipe: Lavender is a great addition to the sweetness of oat milk and tastes great with almond and whole milk, too.
- Lavender Martini: Lavender is amazing with vodka. (It also tastes delicious in other craft cocktails, like herbal gin and tonics.)
- Homemade Lavender Lemonade: The perfect choice for a bridal shower, tea party, and girl's brunch!
- Lavender Hot Cocoa: The floral flavor of lavender complements the richness of chocolate.
- Quick Lavender Glaze: Whisk in some powdered sugar and drizzle over muffins, pound cake, quick bread, scones, and more.
- Lavender Tea: Pair it with your favorite black tea—Earl Gray and lavender are a great pairing!
📞 Wrapping it up: the last word
This is such a unique and pretty gift to give but make sure you keep some on hand for yourself! I love it in my coffee as well as in a cup of strong Earl Grey tea.
If you click on the number of servings in the recipe card you can adjust the measurements up or down for the exact number of servings you need.
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📖 Recipe
Lavender Simple Syrup
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- 2 ½ cups of water
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- ⅓ cup lavender buds
Instructions
- Heat 2 ½ cups of water and 1 ½ cups of sugar.
- Bring to a boil and simmer until the sugar completely dissolves.
- Remove from heat and add the lavender buds.
- Allow the mixture to come to room temperature then refrigerate overnight.
- Strain out the lavender buds.
- Pour into a glass container with a twist on lid and keep refrigerated.
Notes
- Make sure to use culinary lavender (food-grade only) and not lavender for decor, potpourri, or crafts.
- If you're struggling to find lavender for culinary uses in grocery stores near you, try a local farmer's market or head to Amazon, World Market, or a specialty tea store for dried lavender buds.
- If it's your first time buying lavender, look for plump and bright buds. Dark, wilted flowers mean it will have less flavor.
- I like to add the lavender after I remove the simple syrup from the heat because it lets the flavor infuse gently overnight, so it won't be bitter. This is the key to the best lavender syrup!
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
This recipe has been tested several times. If you choose to use other ingredients, or change the technique in some way, the results may not be the same.
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