- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ounce lemon juice
- 1 ounce vanilla syrup
- 4 ounce grape raspberry sparkling ice
- lemon twist, for garnish
- In a small saucepan, combine the sugar and water.
- Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean into the pan and throw in the pod.
- Heat the mixture over medium-high, stirring occasionally, until the sugar has dissolved.
- Reduce the heat to low and let simmer, about 10–15 minutes.
- Remove from the heat, discard the vanilla bean pod and stir in the vanilla extract.
- Let cool.
- Store in the refrigerator.
- Fill a Collins glass with ice.
- Pour lemon juice and vanilla syrup over ice, then stir.