Livestream: Immune-Supportive Spiced Cider Recipe 'cause its a TRADITION, Baby!

apple cider

🥗Healthier: fresh apple juice

💰Cheaper: regular apple juice

Fresh apple juice provides a similar flavor profile with less acidity.

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Honey adds a unique flavor while reducing refined sugar content.

Heat apple juice on the stove until warm.

Introduce mulling spices: cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and cardamom into the warm apple juice.

Discuss the concept of mulling spices and how they can be adjusted based on personal preference.

Explain the difference between using juice and water for extraction, highlighting the sugar content in juice.

Mention that reducing apple juice can create a syrup by increasing sugar concentration and decreasing water content.

Explain that sugar has both beneficial and negative effects, including its role in shelf stability and immune response.

Discuss the importance of the solvent used for extraction and how it affects the medicinal properties of the drink.

Suggest alternatives for extraction, such as making a tea instead of using apple juice.

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