The Toronto Blue

Name: The Toronto Blue
Prep time: 8 min
Total time: 8 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 oz butterfly pea flower tea (brewed and cooled); 1 oz white grape juice; 0.5 oz simple syrup; 1 oz sparkling water; Salted rim (optional); Ice; Lemon wheel, for garnish (and the color-shift magic)

A vivid electric-blue butterfly pea flower mocktail that color-shifts to purple with lemon — inspired by the Toronto Blue Jays.

By Larry Leo | Prep: 8 min | Servings: 1 | Difficulty: Easy

The Toronto Blue mocktail — vivid electric blue butterfly pea flower drink with lemon wheel

Ingredients

4 oz butterfly pea flower tea (brewed and cooled)
1 oz white grape juice
0.5 oz simple syrup
1 oz sparkling water
Salted rim (optional)
Ice
Lemon wheel, for garnish (and the color-shift magic)

Instructions

Brew butterfly pea flower tea: steep 1 teaspoon of dried flowers (or 1 tea bag) in 6 oz of hot water for 5 minutes. Strain and cool completely.
If using a salted rim, wet the rim of a rocks glass with a lemon wedge and dip in flaky sea salt.
Fill the glass with ice.
Combine the cooled butterfly pea tea, white grape juice, and simple syrup. Stir gently.
Pour over ice. The drink will be a vivid electric blue.
Top with sparkling water.
Garnish with a lemon wheel. Serve with the instruction to squeeze the lemon in — and watch the magic happen.

Category: mlb-mocktails

Tags: blue-jays, mlb, butterfly-pea, blue, toronto, baseball, color-changing, party-trick