Sbiten
Sbiten is the traditional drink popular in Belarus in the 18-19th centuries. It not only a tasty soft drink, but also useful one. It’s based on honey, spices and even medical grass gathering. For this reason it was used in traditional medicine as means against a scurvy. Traditionally sbiten is drank very hot, today it is associated with soft drink more often. Using sbiten cold it is possible to satisfy thirst perfectly.
Here is the Recipe
Sbiten is a drink from water, honey and spices. It can be both alcoholic, and nonalcoholic. There is a lot of recipes of sbitens, we will present the closest to traditional.
You will need the following ingredients:
• water;
• honey;
• bay leaf;
• nutmeg;
• clove;
• pepper.
Boil water with honey. It is possible to replace honey with usual sugar or treacle. Put in the received sweet water a bit of spice: pepper, clove, nutmeg, bay leaf and others to taste. Stir it slowly, bringing to necessary temperature.
