Lavender honey lemonade

The glass should look like a cool room: pale lemon, a gold thread of honey, ice catching the light. Too hot to cook, so I juice the lemons at the sink and stir lavender honey into a little hot water until it disappears. You can smell the blossom before you drink.

Two glasses. I keep the batch that small so it stays bright. Set them out with something salty if you have it, cheese or a handful of nuts. This is the drink I make when the air is still and I want the table to look like I meant it.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice (2 or 3 lemons)
• 3 tablespoons Infused Honey — Lavender
• 1/4 cup hot water
• 1 1/2 cups cold water
• Ice

Putting it together

1. Juice the lemons and pick out the seeds. You want about 1/2 cup.
2. Stir the lavender honey into the hot water until you cannot see a thread of honey on the spoon.
3. Pour the lemon juice and the honey syrup into a pitcher. Add the cold water and stir.
4. Taste. If it is too sharp, add another teaspoon of honey syrup. If it is too heavy, add a splash of cold water.
5. Fill two glasses with ice and pour.

Tips

Do not ice the pitcher first. The honey clumps on the cubes. Mix it, then ice the glasses. A lemon wheel if you want one.