Learn to make our versatile & super aromatic Spiced Cascara Syrup. 

Ingredients: 

• 30g cascara
• 300g water
• 2-star anise
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 16 cloves
• 8 cardamoms (cut in half with scissors)
• 5 juniper berries
• 20 black peppers (crushed)
• Lemon slices from half a lemon (with zest)
• 15 g ginger slices
• 40 g lemon juice
• 1,5 g nutmeg powder
• Sugar (measure out 70% of the extracted Cascara liquid’s weight in sugar)

Step by step: 

1. Combine the 30g of cascara and 300g of water in a pot. Bring it to a boil, turn off the heat, let steep for 5 minutes, and strain.
   
   
2. Return the liquid to the pot and add the following spices:
   
   2-star anise
   1 cinnamon stick
   16 cloves
   8 cardamoms (cut in half with scissors)
   5 juniper berries
   20 black peppers (crushed)
   
   Then bring it to a boil.
   
   
3. Proceed by the following ingredients to the pot:
   
   Lemon slices from half a lemon (with zest)
   15 g ginger slices
   
   Cook the mixture over low heat for 10 minutes.
   
   
4. Add the rest of the ingredients:
   
   Sugar (measure out 70% of the extracted Cascara liquid’s weight in sugar) 40 g lemon juice
   1,5 g nutmeg powder
   
   When the sugar dissolves, turn off the heat.
   
   
5. Let sit in the fridge overnight, strain, and voila!

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