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Recipe courtesy of Giada De Laurentiis

Show: Giada at Home

Episode: Not Your Grandmother's Tea Party

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Total:: 45 min
Active:: 15 min

Yield:: 1 cocktail

Level:: Easy

Ingredients

1 ounce Tea Simple Syrup, recipe follows
1 1/2 ounces gin, such as Beefeater 24
1/2 ounce lemon juice
Vanilla bean club soda, such as Dry
Lavender sprig, if desired

Tea Simple Syrup:

1/4 cup chamomile-lavender loose-leaf tea
1/2 cup sugar

Directions

Fill a tall glass with ice. Add the tea syrup, gin and lemon juice. Stir with a cocktail spoon. Top off with the vanilla bean soda. Serve garnished with a lavender sprig if desired.

Tea Simple Syrup:

Combine the tea, sugar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan. Place over medium heat and cook, stirring often, until the mixture comes to a boil and the sugar is dissolved. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and allow the tea to steep for 5 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer. Let cool completely before using.

My Private Notes

Name: Lavender-Chamomile Spritzer
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H15M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H45M0.000S
Yield: 1 cocktail
Ingredients: 1 ounce Tea Simple Syrup, recipe follows; 1 1/2 ounces gin, such as Beefeater 24; 1/2 ounce lemon juice; Vanilla bean club soda, such as Dry; Lavender sprig, if desired; 1/4 cup chamomile-lavender loose-leaf tea; 1/2 cup sugar