Cay’s Lavender Sugar Rim

Name: Cay’s Lavender Sugar Rim
Yield: about 2 tablespoons
Ingredients: 2 tbsp superfine sugar; ½ tsp dried food-grade culinary lavender (start with ¼ tsp for a subtler flavor)

A delicate floral cocktail rim made with dried culinary lavender and sugar, ground fresh for lemon drops and gin sours.

Makes about 2 tablespoons of rim blend

Ingredient-focused illustration of Cay’s Lavender Sugar Rim

Illustrative cocktail photo, not a photograph of the actual homemade blend.

WHAT YOU NEED

Ingredients

2 tbsp superfine sugar
½ tsp dried food-grade culinary lavender (start with ¼ tsp for a subtler flavor)shop ↗

LET’S MAKE IT

Instructions

Check that lavender is sold for culinary use and is fully dry.
Pulse dried lavender in a clean, dry Cuisinart herb grinder in short bursts until finely chopped; avoid turning it into a dusty powder.
Stir ground lavender into sugar and taste a tiny pinch; add more lavender only if desired.
Lightly moisten the rim of a glass with lemon and dip into the blend. Keep unused mix dry and airtight.