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As the Cherry bloossoms arrive in early spring, you can start planning your special recipes with Ihanas amazing SAKURA SYRUP.
A similar version is used at a well known coffee chain for flavoring during the springtime season! Use this like any “simple syrup” in foods and beverages! It makes an elegant “Old Fashioned” too.
Cherry blossom, or sakura, syrup has long been cherished throughout Asian cultures, with Japan being especially known for celebrating these fleeting blooms.
Each spring, the blossoms are admired, honored, and lovingly preserved so their beauty and flavor can be enjoyed long after the petals fall—whether dried, pickled, powdered, or transformed into syrup.
Sakura syrup captures that gentle moment of spring in a bottle. Light, floral, and delicately sweet, it’s a beautiful way to add something special to everyday treats.
Stir it into tea, lattes, or matcha, or drizzle it over waffles, pancakes, cakes, and ice cream. However you use it, sakura syrup brings a soft touch of springtime joy to every sip and bite
IHANA’S SAKURA SYRUP
Ingredients
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1-2 CUPS fresh cherry blossoms
- or 4 Tbsp dried edible cherry blossoms
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- OPTIONAL: Add a tiny dab of red food coloring on a toothpick tip
- or a few dried hibiscus flowers for a more intense pink syrup
TO MAKE
- Gently rinse blossoms remove any green parts if fresh.
- Heat water and sugar until dissolved to make a simple syrup.
- Remove from heat pour over the fresh or dry blossoms.
- Cover and steep 24 hours
- Strain off all the petals. Stir in lemon juice.
- store refrigerated in a jar
HOW TO USE THIS DELICOUS SYRUP
- Refrigerate up to 4 months.
- Lovely in: Tea • Matcha • Lemonade • Sparkling water • Desserts
- Makes a unique simple syrup for baristas and bartending
- Tasty as a Sakura Old Fashioned…add muddled fresh petals!
