Sumac Lemonade
Delicious tart beverage ~ good warm or cold.
Ingredients
- Sumac berries
- optional: honey, maple syrup, stevia or your favourite alternative
Instructions
- Harvest the berries (called 'drupes' or sumac 'bobs')
- Place in a large pot
- Cover with water and use your hands to agitate the water and the berries.
- Optional: Bring to a simmer and then turn off the stove
- Allow to sit for a while. (suggested 20min - 1 hour)
- Use a wooden spoon or your hands again to "smoosh" the berries
- Strain. Enjoy
- 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
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!
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!