For the Rosemary Cinnamon Maple Syrup:
1 cup maple syrup or 1 cup sugar
1 cup water
8 sprigs fresh rosemary with stems
2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
To make two drinks:
Add 2 full droppers of Rest and Calm into a jug with 2 tbsp rosemary cinnamon maple syrup and ½ cup of cranberry juice. Add 2 tsp Wild Dispensary Elderberry Switchel. Mix together and add water or tonic to taste. Pour into two glasses and enjoy.
Liver Bitters Spritzer
This Liver Bitters Spritzer is a refreshing herbal cocktail recipe that can be served throughout the whole summer season. It’s particularly beneficial for those moments where you may have overindulged - which we know happens frequently over Christmas. Our Liver Bitters contains globe artichoke which is great for aiding digestion and appetite control.
1 cup soda water
2 ml Wild Dispensary Liver Bitters
½ teaspoon mānuka honey
1 orange juiced
1 tsp fresh ginger root
Fresh rosemary
Ice cubes
An assortment of fresh sprigs of herbs and edible flowers
Fire Cider Hot Toddy
Not only does our Fire Cider taste great, there are so many different ways you can use it. From salad dressings to flavouring your cooking, it’s also a great addition to herbal cocktails. Try our version of a hot toddy for an extra kick.
1 heaped tsp honey
25ml Fire Cider
45 ml whiskey or tequila
120 ml hot water
Lemon slice
Mix together and enjoy
Switchel
Another really easy summer drink that's non-alcoholic - so easy in fact we can hardly call it a herbal cocktail recipe. Adding a dash of Switchel to soda water or tonic water with mint and some sliced oranges is a delicious and healthy low sugar sweet treat. You can add gin or vodka if you want to make it alcoholic.
Tea Bitters & Blood Orange Sparkling Soda
This is a really easy non-alcoholic herbal cocktail recipe that incorporates a simple bitters that you can make yourself using just loose leaf tea and water - something that even the holiday bach has.
2 tsp loose leaf tea
1 cup boiled water
Blood orange soda water
Orange peel for garnish
Combine tea and water in a bowl to steep. Cover and leave for 4 hours. Then fine strain the tea into a saucepan. Bring to boil over high heart and then simmer until liquid reduces by ⅓. Add to blood orange soda water (1tsp bitters) with an orange twist for garnish.
Vanilla Rosemary Martini
This is a tasty herbal touch to a classic cocktail recipe.
You will need:
Good quality vodka
Vanilla bean pod
Sugar
Lemon Juice
Ice
Pink and black peppercorns
Rosemary sprigs for garnish
Pepper syrup:
1 cup sugar
1 ½ cups water
1 tbsp pink peppercorns
1 tbsp black peppercorns
2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1 vanilla bean split lengthwise and scraped OR cheats version add vanilla paste
6 sprigs rosemary
Simple syrup: Combine sugar, water, peppercorns, ground pepper, scraped vanilla bean seeds/pod and rosemary in a medium saucepan over med/high heat. Bring to a rolling boil and stir until sugar is completely dissolved.
Remove from heat and let steep for 15 minutes. Strain, using a fine mesh strainer and reserve simple syrup.
Make your martini: Combine 30ml simple syrup, 90ml vodka and 2 tsp lemon juice over ice in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously. The unused syrup will last several days covered in the refrigerator.
Hibiscus Rosemary And Tequila
For this herbal cocktail recipe you combine cooled hibiscus tea with a homemade rosemary syrup.
To make the rosemany syrup:
To make the rosemary syrup, combine 1 cup of sugar, 1 sprig of rosemary, and 1 cup water in a small saucepan over medium-high heat; cook until sugar has dissolved, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool, then strain.
To make the hibisicus tea:
To make the tea, bring hibiscus and 1 cup water to a boil over high heat in a small saucepan; cook 3 minutes, then let cool before straining
To make the cocktail, combine 90ml tea, 60ml tequila, 30ml syrup, 1⁄2 lime juice, and 1⁄2 cup water in a cocktail shaker filled with ice; shake vigorously, then strain into a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with a rosemary sprig.
Lavender Thyme Vodka
A delicious herbal cocktail recipe for a herbal vodka infusion - just combine soda water, lemon juice and vodka with this homemade lavender thyme syrup.
For the lavender thyme syrup:
3⁄4 cup sugar
1⁄4 cup dried lavender
1 bunch thyme
Boil sugar and 3⁄4 cup water in a small saucepan until sugar is dissolved. Add lavender and thyme; let herb syrup cool completely.
Strain and add syrup to 4 cups of soda, 1 cup vodka 1/2 cup lemon juice.
Cynar Julep
We are a fan of globe artichoke and Cynar (the Italian apéritif) celebrates the same glorious plant! Use the same simple syrup recipe we listed for the vanilla rosemary martini.
2 tsp fresh lemon juice
2 sprigs mint, plus 1 for garnish
60ml Cynar
15ml simple syrup
60ml grapefruit soda
Mix together and drink.
Nettle moijitos
Nettles are so good for you and this is a lovely refreshing drink.
Ingredients
Juice of 1 lime (or lemon) and slices for garnish
½ cup hot water
2 tablespoon of loose leaf Nettle Tea
½ tsp honey
Ice
½ cup sparkling water
½ cup fresh mint leaves (plus more for garnish)
Brew tea with the ½ cup hot water and nettle in a tea pot or a coffee plunger. Split the tea into two glasses and add in each ¼ tsp honey and dissolve. Squeeze ½ lime into each glass, add mint, ice and top with sparkling water.
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Whatever the holiday season looks like for you we hope you get some down time to enjoy a delicious drink in the sun. Enjoy your time with your people x
