For spring I'm doing this post on lavender drinks. This will be a post I keep running and as I find new ones I'll add to it. Some people say that floral flavors can get "soapy" if too much is used, but I really enjoy them and so far have not been able to get to the "soapy" amount even with me dumping in the flavor.
Drinks You Can Pick Up At The Store
Lori's Original Lemonade: Lavender Lemonade
This drink had a really mellow lavender flavor that they could have kicked it up a notch to have more flavor. It wasn't sour or overly sweet. I found this drink at Whole Foods for around $3.
Aura Bora Lavender Cucumber Sparkling WaterSo...there really wasn't any cucumber flavor and what you got of the lavender was really week. It seemed like there was a third flavor in here which dominated both, but you can't tell what it is. Not bad, but not worth the nearly 3 dollars I paid for it when other brands make huge bottles for a fraction of the price. I found this drink at Walmart.
Bea's Squeeze Lavender Lavender Lemonade
Way too sour. I was too busy puckering to notice any lavender flavor. The sourness just overpowered everything. I'd never get this one again.
Big B's Organic Lavender Lemonade
Organic didn't mean good in this case. It was super sour and you could not tell at all that there was lavender in it. Actually this could have used a lot of lavender syrup to help cut through the sourness.
Drinks At Restaurants
Bubblelicious Lavender Milk Tea
The first few sips of this was really lavender forward, but the more you drank the flavor got weaker. They needed to either add more lavender to it or stir it up much better. Even with this it was still good and I would order it again.
Native Foods Lavender Lemonade
While in Boulder we decided to try Native Foods since we had seen them in the past and wondered what they were. The food was not a good experience, but I would go back to just get this drink. It was a little on the sour side, could have used more sugar and an extra kick of lavender, but still good on a hot day.
Lavender Chi Latte
I'm actually starting to really become a fan of Nordstrom's eBar. They make really good drinks. I'm not a fan of chi, but this was the best chi I have ever tried. For a lavender drink it would get a F grade because there was no lavender taste to it even though I asked them to double the lavender in it (from 3 pumps to 6 pumps). As a chi only drink it was amazing. I highly recommend this drink, just not for the lavender.
Lavender Latte (Nordstrom's eBar)
Nordstrom's eBar then switched to just a lavender latte after their chi one. The lavender latte was not as good even when you put in the same amount of lavender. This version of the drink could not hold up to their chi one.
Lavender Blush (Kataluma Chi, Flat Irons Mall)
This is the second best chi I have ever tried. This was actually a raspberry chi with lavender. Even though the lavender was not super strong it didn't matter because of how good this drink was. Not only was it one of the best chi drinks I have ever tasted, but one of the best drinks in general that I have ever tried. Tried in April 2023.
Lavender Milk Tea (Chatime, Park Meadows Mall)
A little on the high end for prices when there are cheaper competitors near by. My lavender milk tea was good. Unlike other places that will use lavender syrup or dried lavender this place used a real lavender tea. You could tell this by the bitter flavor in it. It wasn't bitter in a bad way, just a way that let you know there were real tea products in it. Tried April 2023.
Lavender Latte (Raven's Roast, Estes Park)
The lavender was a little weak, but the overall latte was good. Tried April 2023.
Lavender Chi (Raven's Roast, Estes Park)
I tried my mom's lavender chi latte, it was also a little weak on the lavender but it was one of the best chi drinks I have tried and I'm not a huge fan of chi. The normal bite of the chi was smoothed out. Of the lavender chis I have tried over the years I would say this was the third best one. Tried April 2023.
Lavender Slush (BeauTea)
My lavender drink had a super mellow flavor to the point I had to wonder if it even had lavender in it. When places make these drinks they need to remember that dairy/ice/water waters down the flavor. The other drink we got was missing about an inch of product. I would not recommend this place. Tried April 2023.
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