Water is essential to the health of your body. Just like gas in a car, we cannot function without it. But who says water has to be boring? While I love the stuff as is, sometimes water with a boost of flavor makes it easier to drink. I love to play around with different infusion combinations. It’s an easy way to boost your consumption of nutritious herbs, fruits and veggies and support the health of your body through something you have to have. The best part is you can create any combination that works for you.
This mix that I made is really to support good digestion. Now while juniper berries are not your average stocked item, spice companies like Red Stick Spice carries it for about two bucks a bag. With stores like Red Stick, I love that you can buy just how much you need to try out something new, rather than investing in large quantities of something you will use sparingly. Since I made my own blend, I purchased reusable muslin tea bags to make removing the ingredients from the water easy. You can also always strain it with a mesh strainer. If you do, I would steep one kettle of water and let it steep for 30 mins to and hour, strain it into a bowl then add the water back into the pitcher and fill the rest of the pitcher with room temp water. This will last all week in the fridge. Check out the recipe below and enjoy!
Ingredients
1/8 cup dried juniper berries
2 1 inch pieces of ginger
1 tbsp. Tarragon (dried or fresh)
1 lemon sliced
1 orange sliced
2/8 cup of orange mint or basil
Directions:
- Bring a kettle or pot of water to boil.
- Rinse and slice citrus. Add to a large pitcher.
- Rinse and peel ginger. Add ginger and other ingredients to a muslin tea bag. Add to pitcher.
- Add water, top and steep for 30 mins to an 1 hour.
- Remove citrus and satchel. Refrigerate and enjoy.