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Wild Irish Nettle & Elderflower Sparkling Tonic with Ginger
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Wild Irish Nettle & Elderflower Sparkling Tonic with Ginger

Stinging nettles, the plant that has terrorized bare ankles since childhood, turn out to make one of the most interesting fermented drinks you've never heard of. A short infusion with elderflower and ginger produces something floral, gently fizzy, and genuinely green-tasting, somewhere between kombucha and a botanical soda, with none of the vinegary sharpness of either. Wild yeasts do the carbonation work, so no equipment beyond a jar and some patience is required.

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