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Sumac Lemonade

Delicious tart beverage ~ good warm or cold.
Course Drinks
Cuisine Herbal
Keyword #keto, #realfood, #whole30, Paleo, Vegan

Ingredients

  • Sumac berries
  • optional: honey, maple syrup, stevia or your favourite alternative

Instructions

  1. Harvest the berries (called 'drupes' or sumac 'bobs')
  2. Place in a large pot
  3. Cover with water and use your hands to agitate the water and the berries.
  4. Optional: Bring to a simmer and then turn off the stove
  5. Allow to sit for a while. (suggested 20min - 1 hour)
  6. Use a wooden spoon or your hands again to "smoosh" the berries
  7. Strain. Enjoy

  8. If you are able ~ and want to sweeten, I use honey or maple syrup but for those needing a little touch of sweet, I've also used alternatives like stevia

Recipe Notes

We want to strain 'herb tea' through a coffee filter (easy!) or a very fine sieve.
Soaking the berries also allows some of their acid to be released, resulting in a tastier infusion.
There are very fine hairs which can irritate our throat, so use a fine sieve. (I used two together and it worked very well!)
Need to sweeten it up? Too tart? Add some honey or maple syrup to your taste!