The Royal Blue

Name: The Royal Blue
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 oz butterfly pea flower tea (brewed and cooled); 1.5 oz blueberry juice; 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice; 0.5 oz simple syrup; 1 oz sparkling water; Gold sugar (white sugar + gold luster dust), for rim; Ice; Blueberry skewer, for garnish

A regal deep royal-blue blueberry and butterfly pea mocktail with a gold sugar rim, inspired by the Kansas City Royals.

By Larry Leo | Prep: 10 min | Servings: 1 | Difficulty: Medium

The Royal Blue mocktail — deep royal blue blueberry drink in a wine glass with gold sugar rim

Ingredients

2 oz butterfly pea flower tea (brewed and cooled)
1.5 oz blueberry juice
0.5 oz fresh lemon juice
0.5 oz simple syrup
1 oz sparkling water
Gold sugar (white sugar + gold luster dust), for rim
Ice
Blueberry skewer, for garnish

Instructions

Make gold sugar: mix 2 tablespoons white sugar with a small pinch of gold luster dust. Stir until evenly coated.
Wet the rim of a wine glass with lemon juice and dip into the gold sugar.
Fill the glass with ice.
Combine butterfly pea tea, blueberry juice, lemon juice, and simple syrup. Stir gently.
Pour over ice and top with sparkling water.
Thread 5-6 blueberries onto a cocktail pick and rest across the rim. Serve immediately.

Category: mlb-mocktails

Tags: royals, mlb, blueberry, butterfly-pea, kansas-city, baseball, elegant, gold