Growing Your Own Cocktails, Mocktails, Teas & Infusions
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There’s nothing quite like a thirst-quenching beverage, especially when it’s made with fresh ingredients you picked from your very own garden! This book will show you what leaves, flowers, fruits, vegetables, and roots to grow in your garden so you can enjoy them from your glass. Filled with beautiful photography and helpful information how to plant, maintain, and harvest each home-grown ingredient, this gardening guide also includes delicious recipes for both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks to enjoy any time of the year! Also included is advice for making your own syrups, tinctures, and purees. Written by Jodi Hemler, author of Grow Your Own Tea Garden, this book will inspire both small and large space gardeners to enjoy their bounty in a refreshing new way!
• An inspirational and instructional guide to growing your own cocktail or mocktail ingredients in your garden
• Discover what leaves, flowers, fruits, vegetables, and roots to grow for garden-to-glass cocktails
• Learn how to plant, maintain, and harvest each fresh, home-grown ingredient
• Includes cocktail recipes for a variety of drinks and mocktails, as well as helpful tips and a guide to making your own infusions, syrups, tinctures, and purees
• An ideal resource for a small garden set-up
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Jodi Helmer. Growing Your Own Cocktails, Mocktails, Teas & Infusions
Growing Your Own. COCKTAILS, MOCKTAILS, TEAS & INFUSIONS
Growing Your Own. COCKTAILS, MOCKTAILS, TEAS & INFUSIONS
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CONTENTS
PLANT INDEX. LEAVES
FLOWERS
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
ROOTS
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1. BRIEF HISTORIES OF YOUR FAVORITE DRINKS
Shaking Up Cocktail Culture
A Local Tea Movement Is Brewing
Chapter 2. CHOOSING PLANTS FOR YOUR BEVERAGE GARDEN
Leaves. ANISE HYSSOP
APPLE MINT
BEARBERRY
BEE BALM
CARDAMOM
CATNIP
CHICKWEED
CHOCOLATE MINT
CILANTRO/CORIANDER
EUCALYPTUS
FENNEL
HOLY BASIL
LAVENDER MINT
LEMON BALM
LEMONGRASS
LEMON VERBENA
MARJORAM
PARSLEY
PEPPERMINT
PINEAPPLE SAGE
ROSEMARY
SAGE
SPEARMINT
STINGING NETTLE
ST. JOHN’S WORT
TEA PLANT
WHITE TEA
GREEN TEA
BLACK TEA
OOLONG TEA
THYME
WITCH HAZEL
YAUPON
Flowers. CALENDULA
CHAMOMILE
DANDELION
ECHINACEA
HIBISCUS
JASMINE
LAVENDER
PURPLE PASSIONFLOWER
RED CLOVER
TRUMPET HONEYSUCKLE
TUFTED VIOLET
Fruits and Vegetables. BEET
BLACKBERRY
BLACK CURRANT
BLOOD ORANGE
CARROT
CELERY
CUCUMBER
KALE
MEYER LEMON
PERSIMMON
RASPBERRY
RHUBARB
RUGOSA ROSE
SPINACH
STAGHORN SUMAC
STRAWBERRY
TOMATO
Roots. BURDOCK
CHICORY
GINGER
GINSENG
LICORICE
VALERIAN
GROW YOUR OWN SWEETENER: STEVIA
Chapter 3. MIXING UP THE BEST BEVERAGE GARDEN
Best Practices
Garden Designs
LEMONADE STAND GARDEN
DRINK YOUR VEGGIES GARDEN
GARNISH GARDEN
LOVELY LEMON GARDEN
H2O INFUSIONS GARDEN
SOOTHING TEA GARDEN
MINT MEDLEY GARDEN
CLASSIC COCKTAILS GARDEN
EDIBLE FLOWER GARDEN
Chapter 4. FROM CULTIVATION TO CUP: MAKING PERFECT DRINKS
Preparation
ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR GARDEN-TO-GLASS DRINKS
WHAT’S IN A GLASS?
Preserving the Harvest
Chapter 5. SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED: RECIPES FOR THE PERFECT GARDEN-TO-GLASS BEVERAGES
Simple Syrups
BASIC SIMPLE SYRUP
MINT SIMPLE SYRUP
LAVENDER SIMPLE SYRUP
RHUBARB SIMPLE SYRUP
HIBISCUS SIMPLE SYRUP
Shrubs
BASIC SHRUB
HOT-PROCESS SHRUB
TWO-STAGE SHRUB
Cocktails
HIBISCUS FRENCH 75
GARDEN WHISKEY SOUR WITH EGG WHITE
RHUBARB GIMLET
GARDEN MARGARITA WITH STRAWBERRIES AND BASIL
MINT JULEP
MOJITO
LAVENDER MOJITO
RED SANGRIA
WHISKEY AND PEACHES
GARDEN G AND T
Alcohol-Free Drinks. MMM MINT ICED TEA
CITRUS LIFT TEA
LAVENDER LEMONADE
VEGGIE JUICE
FRUIT SMOOTHIE
INFUSED WATER
PLANT HARDINESS ZONE MAPS
UNITED STATES
CANADA
RESOURCES
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
PHOTO CREDITS