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Blueberry lemonade is so refreshing! This fun spin on homemade lemonade has a berry nuance and a bright purple color.
What’s more refreshing than a glass of sweet-tart homemade lemonade? Here’s a fun variation on the theme: blueberry lemonade!
Adding the popular berry to this sweet tart drink adds a berry nuance and gives it a brilliant purple color. It’s such a fun way to use this seasonal fruit! You can also add vodka for an instant summer cocktail. Every year, I try a few more lemonade flavors, and this one is a favorite!
Ingredients You’ll Need
Blueberry lemonade is simple and requires just 3 main ingredients, plus water! It’s so much tastier to make homemade lemonade than to buy it. The flavor is intensely sweet-tart and fresh! Once you’ve whipped up a batch, you can see how easy it is to riff on fruity variations. Here are the three ingredients you’ll need:
- Blueberries
- Lemons
- Sugar
How to Make Blueberry Lemonade: Basic Steps
Got your ingredients? The method for this blueberry lemonade is very simple; it just includes juicing, blending, and mixing. There’s no need to make a simple syrup on the stove, which is often the case in fruity lemonade variations. Here are the basic steps (or jump to the recipe):
- Juice the lemons. I recommend using a press juicer, which is the quickest, extracts the most juice, and keeps your hands from cramping after juicing all those lemons.
- Blend the blueberries, sugar, and water, then strain. Give it a whiz in the blender, then strain it through a fine mesh strainer to make it perfectly smooth.
- Mix the pitcher. Mix the lemon juice and blueberries in a pitcher with more cold water.
For the Garnish
Drinks are all about the garnish, and that’s the case with this blueberry lemonade! It has a beautiful purple hue in the glass with ice, but even better? Add garnishes of lemon wedges or slices and a few blueberries. I eat (and drink) with my eyes, and this presentation takes it to the next level!
Serving in a Pitcher With Ice
Are you planning to make this blueberry lemonade for a party and leave it in a big pitcher with ice? The ice melts over time, diluting the drink’s flavor. If you have to let the pitcher sit out for quite a while, reduce the amount of cold water you add at the end to account for dilution (for example, add 3 or 3.5 cups instead of 4).
Spiked Variation: Add Vodka!
Want to turn this blueberry lemonade into a simple summer cocktail? This lemonade is the perfect basis for a sweet-tart summer drink. To make Blueberry Vodka Lemonade, combine 1 cup of this lemonade with 2 ounces (¼ cup) vodka. You won’t be able to stop sipping! (Be careful, it goes down fast.)
You can also add other spirits! Spiked lemonade is great with gin; add 1.5 ounces (3 Tbsp) per glass. Or, add limoncello to up the lemony flavor; add 1 ounce (2 Tbsp) per glass.
Dietary Notes
This blueberry lemonade recipe is vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free, and gluten-free.
Blueberry Lemonade
Blueberry lemonade is so refreshing! This fun spin on homemade lemonade has a berry nuance and a bright purple color.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 8 drink 1x
- Category: Drink
- Method: No Cook
- Cuisine: Lemonade
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups fresh squeezed lemon juice (7 to 8 large lemons)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
- 6 cups water, divided
- To garnish: lemon wedges and fresh blueberries
Instructions
- Juice the lemons.
- Add the blueberries, sugar, and 2 cups warm water to a blender and blend until smooth. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a large pitcher, using a spatula to push the liquid through.
- Add 4 cups cold water and the fresh-squeezed lemon juice to the pitcher. Garnish with lemon wedges and fresh blueberries.
- Variation: For blueberry vodka lemonade, mix 1 cup blueberry lemonade and 2 ounces (¼ cup) vodka.
The perfect summer drink! Super refreshing for those hot summer days.