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rose lemonade with rose petals
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5 from 3 votes

Rose Lemonade

Perfect summery floral drink! Rose lemonade has the tang of lemons and lovely light floral notes from the rose petals. Rose petals are used to make a quick simple syrup for this summer treat.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Keyword: floral drinks, rose drink, rose lemonade, rose petal simple syrup, rosewater lemonade
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 200kcal
Author: Shilpa Joshi

Ingredients

Rose Simple Syrup

  • 2 cups water
  • 2/3 cup rose petals
  • 3/4 cup sugar

Rose Lemonade

  • 4 cups water
  • 1 1/2 cups rose simple syrup
  • 1 cup lemon juice 4-5 lemons juiced
  • 1 cup sugar
  • Ice per taste

Instructions

Rose Simple Syrup

  • Add water, sugar to small pot/sauce pan and bring to boil. Once boiling, add in rose petals and let simmer on low-medium.
    Sugar water boiling with rose petals
  • After simmering for about 10 minutes, you'll see the petals losing color and the water will absorb the floral notes.
    rose petal simple syrup in a pot
  • Strain the petals from the syrup. Let syrup cool.
    Rose petals in a strainer

Rose Lemonade

  • Add lemon juice and water to a pitcher
    lemonade in a glass pitcher
  • Add rose simple syrup
    Rose lemonade in a pitcher with roses
  • Add ice per taste and garnish with edible rose petals
    rose lemonade with rose petals

Notes

Lemons vary in intensity of flavors.  You may need to taste to adjust to your taste dependent on how ripe they are, what type they are etc.
Lemon zest can add a strong note of lemon
There will be some leftover rose simple syrup.  Again, some may prefer more.  The recipe is balanced but can definitely be adjusted per your preference.
Leftover rose simple syrup can be kept in a jar in the fridge for future use.

Nutrition

Calories: 200kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 13mg | Potassium: 42mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 59g | Vitamin C: 16mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 1mg