Put all ingredients in a saucepan and simmer.Stir to make sure sugar dissolves completely.
Take off heat and steep for 15 minutes.
Strain and pour syrup into an airtight container.Use a mesh strainer to separate the rose petals from the syrup. The syrup will keep for up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator.
Recipe makes 1 cup (16 tablespoons) of rose syrup.
Use 1-2 tablespoons of syrup for each cup.
Rose buds can be used instead of rose petals. Make sure to roughly chop the rose buds before adding it into the saucepan so that the water can easily get in between the tightly closed petals.
Syrup Uses
Add rose syrup in sparkling water to make rose flavored soda.
Pour syrup in steamed or warm milk to make an instant rose tea latte.
Add rose syrup to iced tea.
Add syrup to rose teato give the tea an extra boost of rose flavor.