Honey Lavender Latte Recipe

Need a light and floral caffeinated pick-me-up? This Lavender Honey Latte is made with a homemade lavender simple syrup combined with honey, frothed milk, and espresso. Skip the Starbucks line, and make this drink at home in 15 minutes! It's just as good as a coffee shop version!

It's really simple to make this delicious latte, and we insist that lavender is not just for candles, room spray, and the like! It's excellent in coffee, tea, desserts, cocktails, and so much more!

If you're already onboard with lavender, make sure to try our lavender martini, this lavender lemonade, and this lavender gin fizz cocktail!

Looking for more delicious coffee recipes? Be sure to check out this rose latte, this Starbucks sweet cream cold foam copycat, this hot miel latte with honey, or this strawberry latte.

❤️Why We Love This Recipe

• Made with minimal ingredients. Grab some culinary lavender (it can easily be found online) and everything else you likely already have on hand!
• No special equipment is needed. While we do use our espresso machine to pull espresso shots, you can also make this recipe with any method you prefer. Whether it be from your Nespresso machine, or just strong brewed coffee.
• Packed with sweet floral flavor. If you love lavender flavor, this drink is for you. This drink is fancy enough to find at your favorite local coffee shop, and it's made easily at home, so add a little whimsy to your day!

🪻Ingredients​

Here are the ingredients we used for this recipe. You can find more information for substitutions below.

• Homemade lavender syrup. We create the sweet and floral base of this coffee drink with our homemade lavender simple syrup. It can be made up to 2 weeks in advance and stored in the fridge in an airtight container.
• Honey. Make sure it's a runny variety so it can dissolve quickly and easily into the drink!

Visit the recipe card for the full quantities and nutritional information.

✨Substitutions & variations

Here are a few modification suggestions for this drink:

• Lower-sugar. You can easily make this recipe lower in sugar by using our homemade sugar free lavender syrup, and using a honey substitute if you like.
• Fruity. Add strawberry simple syrup, blueberry simple syrup, or raspberry simple syrup in addition to lavender simple syrup to make a fruity, floral drink.
• Iced honey lavender latte. Hot weather? Enjoy this drink iced! You will still want to combine the honey with the warm espresso to ensure it can dissolve before pouring it over ice, but from there, it's smooth sailing!
• Use cold brew coffee. You could also make an iced lavender latte like above, but use cold brew or cold brew concentrate mixed with water instead of strong brewed coffee or espresso.
• Make it dairy-free. Feel free to use any plant milk you like. Some of our top choices would be oat milk, soy milk, almond milk, coconut milk, or cashew milk.
• Make it vegan. Use dairy-free milk, and then use agave in place of honey!
• Super creamy. Want something a little more decadent? Use frothed half-and-half or heavy cream in place of milk for an indulgent treat!
• Affogato version. Pour this luscious latte over a scoop of vanilla ice cream for an incredible treat!

Make your lavender simple syrup up to 2 weeks in advance and store it in an airtight container in the fridge.

To make it, combine water, culinary lavender buds, and butterfly pea flowers in a pot with water. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer, then add in a squeeze of lemon juice to bring out the bright purple hue from the butterfly pea flowers.

Strain the flowers away and discard, then add the liquid back to a pot add in sugar, and stir to dissolve. (Image 1)

In the bottom of the glass, add honey, (Image 2) followed by the lavender syrup, (Image 3) and then the hot espresso. (Image 4)

Stir to combine and dissolve the honey. (Image 5)

Add the heated and frothed milk, and stir to combine again. (Image 6)

Garnish with more honey (Image 7) and optional lavender buds if desired. (Image 8)

Now, just serve warm and enjoy!

⚡️How to make strong brewed coffee

This recipe can use an extra strong cup of coffee instead of shots of espresso if you prefer.

To make strong brewed coffee, you simply add more grounds to the water than what you would normally use for coffee. For example, most regular drip coffee uses 2 tablespoons of coffee beans for every 1 cup of water (8 ounces). For strong brewed coffee, we add about 1 extra tablespoon to each cup of water. A few tips:

• Use a medium or darker roast coffee for a deep flavor.
• Use freshly ground coffee beans. Fresh beans that you grind yourself are going to taste the best.
• Use a French press for the most control.
• Here are more tips (and really all you need to know) here!

🥣Storage

We don't recommend making this drink in advance, although the lavender simple syrup can be made well in advance and stored in the fridge.

If you do have leftovers, store them in an airtight container in the fridge for a day or two. You can reheat them gently on the stovetop or in the microwave.

We don't recommend freezing this drink.