Starbucks Lavender Powder {Copycat Recipe}

Wish you could get your hands on Starbucks Lavender Powder? It's so easy to make your own copycat version at home, perfect for using in homemade lavender lattes, matcha drinks, and so much more!

Jump to:

• ❤️ Why you'll love this recipe
• 🗒 Ingredients
• 🪻 How to make Starbucks lavender powder
• What's Soy Lecithin Powder
• ⏲️ How to store
• ☕️ How to use
• 🛒 Where to buy lavender powder
• 📖 Recipe
• 💬 Comments

Lavender drinks took Starbucks by storm in spring 2024. But since the coffee shop has labeled them seasonal drinks, you can't get them year-round and lots of people are going through lavender withdrawals!

Lots of Starbucks seasonal drinks are easy to make at home, but the lavender drinks are a little more complicated since they use lavender powder instead of a simple syrup. And it's hard to find a good lavender powder that matches Starbucks'.

But I'm excited to tell you that it's actually really easy to make your own Starbucks lavender powder at home. Which means you can be enjoying Starbucks copycat lavender drinks at home all year long!

❤️ Why you'll love this recipe

If you're obsessed with Starbucks Lavender Matcha, Lavender Frappuccino, and Lavender Latte, you may be a little bit sad you can't get them in the shop all the time.

But you'll be able to get your lavender fix easily at home with this easy copycat recipe!

You can whip up a batch in just minutes and store it for months. Not only can you use to it make all your lavender drink favorites, but it has so many other delicious uses!

🗒 Ingredients

You don't need too many ingredients to make the lavender powder, though a couple of them you don't likely have sitting in your pantry and will need to order.

Here's everything you need (be sure to view the recipe card at the bottom of this post for ingredient amounts and full recipe instructions):

• Dried lavender: make sure it's culinary grade for safe consumption.
• Granulated sugar
• Black currant powder: this will give the powder its pretty purple hue as the lavender flowers won't actually be purple enough. If you don't care about the purple color, you don't need to add it. Or you can use the purple coloring of your choice.
• Salt
• Soy lecithin powder: this ingredient is optional, but does help prevent the powder from clumping when it's added to liquid.

I also recommend using a spice grinder or coffee grinder to make the lavender powder. You can use a blender or food processor or mortar and pestle in a pinch, but a grinder will make your powder much finer.

🪻 How to make Starbucks lavender powder

Once you have all your ingredients on hand, the Starbucks lavender powder is so easy to make!

Start by putting the dried lavender in a spice grinder (of coffee grinder).

If you don't have a grinder, use a blender, food processor, or mortar and pestle.

Grind it into a powder and move it to a small bowl.

See how the lavender went from a beautiful vibrant purple to a green-brown when ground?

So sad! But that's why you have the black currant powder.

Now, mix the black currant powder into the lavender, along with the sugar, salt, and soy lecithin.

Now that all the ingredients are together, put the mixture back in the grinder (you'll likely have to work in batches) and process again until you get a fine powder.

And your lavender powder is ready. You can give it a little taste... It's deliciously sweet with a light floral taste.

It's a perfect copycat for the lavender powder that Starbucks uses and will give you the ability to make all of the coffee shop's lavender drinks in your home!

I haven't been able to find a good store-bought copycat yet, so I'm thrilled to have this easy-to-make recipe.

⏲️ How to store

I recommend storing your lavender powder in a mason jar or another airtight container and keeping it in a cool, dark place.

When stored properly, this lavender powder should stay fresh for at least 6 months.

Which means you can make a whole lot of drinks and baked goods with it!

☕️ How to use

Speaking of, what exactly can you do with this Starbucks lavender powder? Of course, you can make copycat versions of any of the lavender Starbucks drinks, but it also has so many other uses!

Here are some of my favorites:

• Starbucks Lavender Matcha: This is probably the most popular lavender drink at Starbucks and my copycat version makes it so easy to make at home. The lavender cold foam is everything!

• Starbucks Iced Lavender Latte: The idea of lavender in coffee may not be as appealing as in tea, but I promise this iced coffee is SO good!

• Starbucks Lavender Frappuccino: Pretty and deliciously creamy and floral? The lavender Frappuccino is so easy to make at home with your copycat Starbucks lavender powder.

• Starbucks Lavender Oatmilk Chill: This was a surprise special-edition Starbucks drink and it's the perfect way to use the lavender powder in a drink that doesn't have any caffeine in it.

• Other drinks: If you're not interested in Starbucks copycat drinks, you can still use the Starbucks lavender powder in your drink of choice. It's especially delicious in teas, lemonades, and all kinds of cocktail. You can even use it as a rimmer on your cocktail glass.

• Cookies, cakes, and other baked goods: You can also incorporate the lavender powder into cakes, cookies, muffins, and scones to add a subtle floral note. It works particularly well in shortbread cookies and lemon cake.

• Ice cream topping: Sprinkle the powder over vanilla ice cream or even mix it into whipped cream for a fancy floral boost.

• Oatmeal and yogurt topping: Add some springtime floral sweetness to your breakfast oatmeal or yogurt.

• Pancake, french toast, and waffle mix-in or topping: It can also be used in the batter of your favorite brunch foods or can be sprinkled on top.

• Meats and fish: Rub a little onto your steak, chicken, pork, or fish for extra fancy flavor.

• Sugar scrubs: If you're not interested in ingesting the powder, you can use it for. beauty products like sugar scrubs! Mix it with a carrier oil, like coconut oil, for a homemade body scrub that smells great and is soothing on the skin.

Those are just some of the uses for this Starbucks lavender powder, but I'm sure you can come up with even more!

🛒 Where to buy lavender powder

As I mentioned, I haven't found a good store-bought version of Starbucks' lavender powder since most lavender powders on the market are simple powdered lavender flowers with no sugar incorporated.

This Blume Lavender Powder is probably the closest I've found, but it's still not as sweet as the powder from Starbucks.

I also have an easy lavender syrup recipe if you prefer syrups to powders!

Starbucks may only sell their lavender drinks during the spring season, but with this copycat Starbucks lavender powder, you can make their drinks any time of year!

And sometimes you need a little floral sweetness in your life in the middle of winter, right?

Let me know how you're using this lavender powder in your kitchen!

📖 Recipe