Butterfly Pea and Elderflower Iced Tea

A blue floral iced tea that changes hue with lemon.

Ingredients

• 1 tsp butterfly pea flowers
• 1 tsp dried elderflower
• 500 ml freshly boiled water
• 1 tsp lemon juice, optional
• Ice

Method

1. Steep the flowers together, covered, for 8 minutes and strain.
2. Cool promptly and refrigerate.
3. Serve over ice; add a little lemon at the table to shift the blue colour toward purple.

Herbs in this recipe: Alpine Elderflower  ·  Butterfly Pea Flowers

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