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If you feel the Lavender Haze creepin’ up on you – make a Lavender Haze Cocktail! This Taylor Swift inspired drink is a Lavender Tom Collins – it’s refreshing and a little sweet with just a slight floral flavor. Stay in the Lavender Haze with this drink!

2 tall glasses with purple drink, lemon and lavender behind.

If you love Midnights or Taylor Swift or the Eras Tour or you’ve just been alive the last few years, you’ll know the song Lavender Haze. It’s the first track on that album and it inspired this gorgeous citrus lavender refreshing cocktail recipe. It’s perfect for a Taylor Swift Party or just because you’re watching a grainy livestream of the Eras Tour on TikTok (I’m one of her biggest fans!)

Ingredients

Gin: Typically a Tom Collins is made with gin but you could also use vodka.
Lemon Juice: fresh squeezed is always best but bottled juice is totally fine.
Lavender Syrup: While you can make your own lavender simple syrup, you can also buy coffee syrup to use for this. There are a few different brands: Torani is the most widely available and makes regular and sugar-free lavender, sold online and at World Market (also check discount stores, like TJ Maxx). You can also search the liquor store – often they’ll have this flavor in the mixer aisle.
Club Soda: Or soda water, tonic water, or seltzer
Food Coloring: If your syrup is not lavender colored, you’ll want to color it so your drink is pretty. You’ll need a few drops of red and blue or a drop of purple food coloring to get the pretty purple hue.

How to make a Lavender Haze Drink

You can use a cocktail shaker but I don’t – I just fill a tall glass or stemless wine glass with ice and add my ingredients. You could also use a mason jar for serving.
Add gin an oz lemon juice to the glass, then add the lavender syrup and food coloring, if needed. Stir.
Top off with club soda and garnish with a slice of lemon or a lemon twist.

Expert Tips

You could also garnish with little lavender buds, but be sure to get culinary lavender.
Any cocktail glass will work, but I like a traditional tall glass since it’s technically a flavored Tom Collins.
How to make lavender simple syrup from scratch: Add 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar to a small sauce pan over medium heat, along with 1 tablespoon culinary lavender buds. Bring to a boil and stir until sugar is dissolved, remove from heat and cool completely then store in refrigerator.
How to make Lavender Haze Cocktails for a party: Multiply the ingredients by the number of servings. Add the gin, lemon juice, and lavender syrup to a pitcher and chill. Add the soda just before serving.

Lavender Haze Cocktail Recipe

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This lavender flavored Tom Collins is a Taylor Swift inspired drink with a slight floral and very refreshing flavor.

Prep Time 5

Total Time 5

Yield 1 drink

Serving Size 1 serving

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Ingredients

Instructions

Add ice to a tall glass.
Add gin, lemon juice, lavender syrup and food coloring if using, to glass and stir.
Top with club soda and garnish with lemon.

Recipe Notes

You can use gin or vodka
Lavender Syrup is non-alcoholic and sold online and in some stores. Torani is the most recognizable brand. Also check the liquor store.
If your syrup is not purple you’ll want to add a few drops of food coloring to get the lavender hue.
To make a pitcher multiply the ingredients by number of servings you want. You can mix the lemon, lavender, and gin ahead of time and chill and add soda just before serving. For 8 servings you’ll need 2 cups gin, 1 cup lemon juice, 1/2 cup lavender syrup, and 4-6 cups soda.