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Butterfly Pea Lemonade

The color-changing one. Yes, it's real.

• butterfly pea flower tea, chilled2
• fresh lemon juice1.5
• simple syrup0.75
• cold water3
• ice

1. 1.Brew the Sapphire. Steep the dried flowers in hot water — a teaspoon per half cup — five minutes, covered. Then chill it completely; a warm layer will never float.
2. 2.Build the Lemonade. Ice, lemon juice, syrup, and cold water in a tall clear glass, stirred pale and even. Keep it pale — the contrast is the trick.
3. 3.The Spoon Pour. Hold a bar spoon upside down just above the lemonade's surface and pour the blue tea slowly over its back, so it spreads and floats instead of plunging.
4. 4.Perform the Change. Carry it to the table unstirred. The violet bloom starts the moment the acid meets the blue — let everyone watch it happen.

Lemonades · Tall glass · A lemon wheel — and the pour, performed at the table