Recently, while traveling, I tried a beverage called a “shrub” (also known as drinking vinegar). It’s basically a concentration of  various fruits, sugar, herbs, and vinegars, that can then be mixed with soda water for a refreshing non-alcoholic beverage.

After looking for shrub concentrates for sale and not finding much*, I decided to make my own. So far the results have been very satisfactory. My fav so far has been a mandarin orange, cardamom, lemongrass mix. 

* We are making more and more of what we need here. Not only does this allow us to use local or sometimes homegrown ingredients and avoid preservatives, but it helps to avoid overpackaging.