Lemon Verbena Spritz
A bright herbal spritz built on lemon verbena syrup — more aromatic and complex than ordinary lemonade.
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Glassware
Wine glass
Flavor Profile
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Ingredients
- 1 oz lemon verbena syrup (simmer 1 cup each sugar and water with 10 lemon verbena leaves for 5 min, steep 15 min, strain)
- 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice
- Sparkling water or tonic, to top
- Fresh lemon verbena sprig, to garnish
Instructions
- 1Fill a wine glass with ice.
- 2Add lemon verbena syrup and lemon juice.
- 3Top with sparkling water or tonic and stir gently.
- 4Garnish with a fresh lemon verbena sprig.
Origin & Story
France and South America, traditional herb
Lemon verbena — known as verveine in France and cedrón across South America — has a lemony fragrance that's more floral and herbal than actual lemon, with notes of lemon candy and fresh-cut grass. French tisane shops have sold it dried for centuries; this mocktail puts it to work as a syrup base for a spritz that smells as good as it tastes.
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