An oxymel is really easy to make. The blend of a oxymel using honey and vinegar has been used for centuries. It is a better way to ingest some herbs that many find have unpleasant tastes. The word oxymel comes from Latin ‘ oxymeli’ meaning acid and honey. I make my own oxymels using apple cidar vinegar but there is room to try your own mixtures especially kombucha
Let’s start
Start with 1/2 cup of your favorite herbal infused honey
Add 1/4 to 1/2 cup of apple cider vinegar
Stir and a bit of sparkling water- add 1/4 cup of oxymel to 1/2 cup of sparkling water.
Now sit down and enjoy your oxymel
The aboive is the fast way to make an oxymel You may want to be more creative and use fresh ingredients. If you do use dry ingredients it will not taste as delicious. I have made my own oxymels using fresh.
Cut up small pieces of fresh ingredients- i used cucumber, carrot. rosemary, thyme and placed in a quart jar
I warmed my apple cider vinegar and add it to a quart jar where my fresh ingredients were placed inside
Shake up the quart jar and let it sit for 2 weeks. Make sure out of direct sunlight I placed in a dark corner of the pantry closet
After two weeks i strained the solid fresh ingredients out of the vinegar
Those herbs can be blended together for a sauce or added to your salad dressing I don’t like to waste
For every cup of vinegar I added 1/2 - 1 cup of honey
Rebottled in a 1 quart mason jar for storage
Now you can put your fresh oxymel over ice in sparkling water