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Layered Butterfly Pea Flower Lemon Soda

Name: Layered Butterfly Pea Flower Lemon Soda
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: other
Ingredients: dried butterfly pea flowers; hot water; lemon; honey; sparkling mineral water or beer; Ice cubes; mint leaves

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6 Steps Total

Preparation

00:01:07

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Be careful when pouring boiling water to prevent splashing and burns.

Place 20 dried butterfly pea flowers into a glass measuring cup, pour in 500 ml of hot water, stir with a spoon, and let steep for about 5 minutes until it becomes a deep blue-purple tea extract; strain and set aside.

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Watch out

Steep long enough so the liquid becomes very dark and concentrated, otherwise the color layers won't contrast clearly.

Ingredients:dried butterfly pea flowers (20 piece)hot water (500 ml)

Tools:measuring cupspoon

Preparation

00:02:00

Squeeze half a fresh lemon on a citrus juicer to extract about 15 ml of fresh lemon juice; remove seeds and set aside.

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Be sure to strain or pick out any seeds, otherwise seeds falling into the drink will ruin the texture.

Ingredients:lemon (0.5 piece)

Tools:citrus juicer

Active Cooking

00:03:27

Pour 15 ml of fresh lemon juice into the bottom of the serving glass mug, add 3 tsp of honey, and stir vigorously with a spoon until the honey fully dissolves into a thick yellow high-density base.

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Honey must be completely dissolved with the lemon juice to increase density

otherwise the base will be too light to support the upper layers and ruin the separation

Ingredients:honey (3 tsp)lemon

Tools:glass mugspoon

Active Cooking

00:04:23

Slowly pour about 150 ml of sparkling water into the glass mug, stir gently to combine with the lemon-honey base, then add 4 ice cubes floating on top to serve as a buffer barrier.

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Pour the sparkling water gently and slowly, otherwise fast pouring generates too many bubbles and creates cloudy layers.

Ingredients:sparkling mineral water or beer (250 ml)Ice cubes (4 piece)

Tools:glass mug

Active Cooking

00:05:33

Mix a small amount of concentrated butterfly pea tea with about 100 ml of sparkling water to turn it magenta-purple; slowly pour it over the ice cubes into the glass to create a middle purple gradient layer.

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Watch out

Pour slowly over the ice cubes to buffer the impact, otherwise the liquid will plunge straight to the bottom and mix completely.

Ingredients:dried butterfly pea flowerssparkling mineral water or beer

Tools:glass mug

Active Cooking

00:05:52

Hold the back of a spoon near the rim and gently layer the remaining dark butterfly pea tea on top to form a deep blue-purple crest; finish with 2 mint leaves for garnish to serve a stunning 3-layer gradient drink.

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Watch out

Always pour over the back of a spoon to slow the flow, otherwise the force will pierce through the middle layer and bleed the colors together.

Ingredients:mint leaves (2 piece)dried butterfly pea flowers

Tools:glass mugspoon