How To Make Fire Cider

 

Fire cider was originally created by Rosemary Gladstar, the herbalist who started it all. Adding rose is one of my favorite ways to adapt the beautiful original recipe. Learn how to make rose fire cider, and what it's used for.

Roses are so beautiful that they have a built-in protection mechanism (thorns). Roses are popular for their beauty, but also their healing properties. They are a symbol of love, and authentic rose products have an extremely high vibration. Everything on earth is made of energy and therefore vibrates within a certain frequency.

I am a firm believer that you can raise your own through what you experience within your environment. With an abundance of roses in and around our home this week, I decided to give some wilted roses some new life.There's no better way than to make some herbal medicine. In fact, Roses have commonly used in traditional medicine for centuries.

Rose fire cider is a vitamin and antioxidant rich herbalist's tonic for attracting abundance, prosperity, love and beauty into your life.

What is fire cider?

Fire cider was originally created in 1970's as Rosemary's attempt to popularize vinegar-based tonics. Traditionally, ingredients infuse in apple cider vinegar for four - six weeks, and then get a generous dose of raw honey. The final product is spicy, sweet, and completely delicious. It's easy to make and can be adapted based on what's seasonal and available to you. Fire cider is traditionally used in the winter due to it's warming properties, however, I make a batch and drink it year round and drink it on an empty stomach in the morning.

How to make rose fire cider and what it's used for:

Making fire cider is simple! All you'll need to do is layer all ingredients into your jar of choice (I use this size), add all of your desired ingredients, and stop with raw apple cider vinegar.

What kind of roses should I add to my fire cider?

Dried plants are usually best suited for infusions because the minerals and nutrients contained within them are often more easily accessed. Fresh flowers will need to infuse for less time because the have delicate petals, and less time is needed for their benefits to infuse into the water. I often use a combination of fresh, organic rose petals from our garden and dried rose petals.

I chose to infuse roses for their health and energetic benefits

• According to Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry roses exhibit very strong radical scavenging effect and antioxidant power
• Its petals are nutritionally dense, containing an abundance of vitamin A, B, C, E
• In Ayurvedic medicine, roses are believed to to balance the heart chakra
• Roses are calming to the central nervous system according to thel Journal of Experimental Biology

What is an herbal infusion?

An herbal infusion occurs when you steep plant material in water or liquid. Herbal infusions are used to introduce the healing properties of specific herbs and plants to the body. Dried herbs are best suited for infusions because the minerals and nutrients contained within them are often more easily accessed.

The og cider

The original recipe, found in Rosemary Gladstar's original book  "Herbal Healing for Women." ( a must read ) the recipe calls for, horseradish, ginger, onion, garlic, cayenne pepper, apple cider vinegar and honey. Rosemary sold her tonic and taught it to her herbalist students, who adapted it to include more spices and herbs. I personally can never find fresh horseradish in my region, so it is never added in my fire cider blends.

Ingredients are often adapted based on the medicinal intent of the cider. Other fire ciders I've made were created with additional immunity support in mind. And this rose fire cider was created to attract beauty, abundance and love as that is what roses represent.

Ingredients in rose fire cider:

Spices:

Cinnamon sticks, peppercorn, clove, green cardamom

Herbs:

Rosemary

Lily family:

Onion, garlic

Veggies:

Cayenne pepper

Other

Fresh organic rose petals and dried rosebuds, raw honey, apple cider vinegar, bee pollen

And the recipe...

This recipe is extremely adaptable, so feel free to get creative. If you used it, or were inspired by it in your fire cider, sharing is caring! Tag me on instagram.

Looking for more healing rose recipes?

• Rose matcha
• Iced rose and mint tea