Authentic Hops Flowers 20 g ingredient photograph, not prepared granita.

Ingredients

• 2 cups water, divided
• ½ cup white sugar
• ½ teaspoon dried Hops Flowers
• ½ cup fresh lemon juice
• Finely grated zest of ½ lemon

How to prepare

1. Combine 1 cup water with the white sugar in a saucepan and warm gently until dissolved.
2. Remove from the heat, add the dried Hops Flowers and infuse for approximately 5 minutes, then strain out the botanical material.
3. Add the remaining 1 cup cold water, fresh lemon juice and lemon zest.
4. Pour into a shallow freezer-safe dish and freeze for approximately 1 hour.
5. Scrape the forming ice crystals with a fork, return to the freezer and repeat every 30–45 minutes until the mixture becomes light and crystalline.
6. Spoon into chilled glasses or small bowls and serve immediately.

Kitchen notes

Use correctly identified culinary dried Hops Flowers (Humulus lupulus) and clean preparation equipment. Hops have a naturally bitter flavour; retain the original small quantity and five-minute steep for balance. The original recipe provides no confirmed yield, total freezing duration or validated storage period. This is a food recipe, not a therapeutic preparation; no health or sleep claims are made.