Blueberry Lemonade
Made with freshly squeezed lemon juice and sweet blueberries, this easy Blueberry Lemonade is the ultimate summer refresher!
My summer has had painfully little pool time and absolutely no beach time. I haven’t had a sunburn all summer. A weekend or two ago I had two missions- get some serious tan lines and make some killer lemonade.
Let me just tell you, mission accomplished. I sported my wide brim sun hat and my Audrey Hepburn sunglasses for two days straight. I didn’t get anything accomplished except a tan. And of course, this easy lemonade recipe.
At first I planned to make regular old lemonade. Why mess with something so perfect? But leave it to me to trash up a classic. I ended up making a blueberry syrup infused with lemon zest, then added it to freshly squeezed lemon juice and ice cold water.
The result? A super refreshing summertime drink. The next time you’re planning to spend a day pool side, whip up a pitcher of this fresh Blueberry Lemonade. You won’t be sorry!
Ingredients in Blueberry Lemonade
This blueberry lemonade recipe comes together with minimal ingredients, which is just one more reason I love this recipe! Here’s what you’ll need:
- Lemon juice
- Blueberries
- Water
- Granulated sugar
How to Make Blueberry Lemonade
If you glance at the directions, they may seem like this blueberry lemonade is complicated. It really isn’t. It just has a couple different steps!
- Combine fresh blueberries, water and sugar in a blender. Blend for at least 1 minutes until smooth.
- Using a fine mesh strainer, strain the blueberry mixture so your lemonade is smooth.
- Pour the strained blueberry mixture in a large container, add the lemon juice, fresh water and ice. Stir well to completely combine.
Can I Prep This Recipe in Advance?
Absolutely, you can make this lemonade up to 3 days in advance.
Tips for Making the Best Lemonade
- The lemon juice is the star of this drink, so please use freshly squeezed!
- I recommend making the blueberry lemonade a few hours before you plan on serving it so it has time to chill in the fridge before being poured.
- For a beautiful presentation garnish with fresh blueberries, lemon wedges and mint leaves.
More Summer Drink Recipes:
- Strawberry Lemonade
- Sparkling Strawberry Pineapple Punch
- Vanilla Peach Tea
- Watermelon Limeade
- Sparkling Watermelon Cucumber Coolers
Get the Recipe: Blueberry Lemonade
Ingredients
- 2 cups blueberries
- 5-6 cups water, divided, pay attention to directions
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
Instructions
- Combine fresh blueberries, 1 cup of water and sugar in a blender. Blend for at least 1 minutes until smooth.Â
- Using a fine mesh strainer, strain the blueberry mixture so your lemonade is smooth.Â
- Pour the strained blueberry mixture in a large container, add the lemon juice, and 4-5 cups fresh water (do a taste test and add more water if needed) and ice.
- Stir well to completely combine.Â
This lemonade is the PERFECT combo of flavors, Annie! For real, I love blueberries so much, next time I am SO throwing them in my lemonade. Can’t wait to try this this summer! Pinned. 🙂
Love this lemonade! I never thought to make a blueberry kind, so I’m impressed! Gorgeous color, too.
Happy to hear you got your tan on 🙂 and made this delicious lemonade to share with us.
This looks like a dream come true!
Now that you’ve mentioned it, I’ve only had 1 pool day this whole summer! That needs to change immediately. But I’m a lucky girl and am going to Hawaii in 4 weeks. So I’m sure I’ll make up for lost time then : )
This blueberry lemonade sounds delicious!
I’m sporting some serious tan lines right now, sadly they are from shorts and a tank top instead of my swimsuit. Hopefully that will be resolved soon and I can lay out on the deck with a glass of this delicious blueberry lemonade. It looks perfect for a hot afternoon!
“Trash up a classic!” You are cracking me up! I don’t think this is trashing it up at all. That blueberry syrup sounds absolutely heavenly in regular ol’ lemonade!
Glad you finally got some pool time in 🙂 This drink looks so refreshing and perfect for the pool. I love the addition of the blueberries, you made a good thing even better!
Oh, this looks SO good! I love homemade fruit lemonades and this is right up my alley. YUM!
This looks absolutely delicious and perfect for summer! I love berries with lemon, it’s a perfect combination.
This is my dream lemonade right here — I love the blueberries! I need to make some stat…I just bought blueberries in a 2 for 1 sale. Perfect!
I’m so glad you trashed up the classic lemonade, haha! I love the blueberry lemon combo and make a ton of blueberry lemon desserts, but have never thought make a drink out of it, amazing!! It is so hot here that I feel like I get sunburned walking to and from my car at work, but I am totally down with sitting my the pool and enjoying one of these lemonades!
I bet! I don’t know how you handle the heat out there!! It has been around the 70s this week, which is crazy for Tennessee in the summer, but I will take it!!
HAHAH, wait until you read my post for Friday. It’s pretty much along the same lines. Different recipe but thinking went awry during recipe testing and my drink got trashed up too. This looks so refreshing!
hahahahah!! I waited until today to respond because I wanted to see what you posted. Blackberry Mojitos! Girl, you are onto something!! I would take a mojito over lemonade anyday! 🙂
Such a great idea to cook the blueberries! I am anxiously awaiting my local blues to arrive!!! This looks soooo refreshing. Lemon and blueberry are made for each other 🙂
I totally agree! The flavors go so well together!
very refreshing summer drink!
Thank you Dina! 🙂
This reminds me of my blueberry lemonade 🙂 Yours is photographed so beautifully and I can’t get enough of the flavor combination. Congrats on your tan, girl!
This is a lot like yours! I just can’t get enough!
You know what? If I accomplished a tan and this fabulous looking Blueberry Lemonade, I think it might make the most successful summer ever. But the fact you pumped it up a notch? Girl, you are all that! Pinning! Because this looks awesome! And p.s. I’m jealous of your tan! 🙂 And the lemonade? I’m jealous of that too – but not for long – because I’m making it! Thanks for the recipe!!!
Thank you Krisit! I think strawberry lemonade is next on my list…regular old lemonade will probably never do now! 🙂
Wow, this lemonade looks amazing! I love blueberries and could go for a pitcher of this refreshing beverage 😀
Awesome that you got a tan. The sun barely peeks out around here in between rain storms. We’ve been logging a lot of indoor time.
Thanks Cindy! I am so glad I got some sun time too! It is raining here now, so it was just in time!
This looks amazing! So glad you got some sun – I would love a big pitcher of this lemonade while trying to get my tan on too 🙂 Blueberry and lemon is my favorite – so refreshing and perfect for summer.
I agree! Such a great summertime drink!
Ooh, Annie, I can just imagine myself lounging by a pool with a whole pitcher of this to myself. Shame it’s winter over here … haha!
Well you will be enjoying this when I am snowed in later this year! 🙂
You have Audrey Hepburn sunglasses? I am so incredibly jealous!
This looks so refreshing and amazing. I need it right now, if not sooner!
Thanks Mir! I have already made a second pitcher! 🙂
Yum! I have been searching for a blueberry lemonade recipe. I can’t wait to try yours. It looks wonderful!
Thank you Connie! I hope you enjoy!
yum! Great idea for blueberries, I’m sad our season for them is coming to an end soon. I will have to try this. And I love that you don’t add 3 pounds of sugar like many conventional lemonade recipes – very refreshing. Lovely blog, btw.
Thank you so much Aleks!! I am so glad you stopped by!