Marathon runners tend to drink this beverage on a daily basis for a reason.
This is what we call an effort drink or isotonic drink, with the difference that in our recipe we won't be adding maltodextrin-type sugars (slow sugars excellent for endurance and recovery).
Drinking an "exercise" drink in these hot weather conditions may seem rather surprising, but in the end it's not. In summer, we dehydrate much more quickly than in winter, especially when we're hitting extreme heat peaks. So the idea is to drink, and drink a lot. So, organic lemons, a few green cardamom capsules, ginger (fresh or dried in fragments), honey or agave syrup, a few lemon peels(you can also make this drink with lime or a mixture of the two).
Squeeze two or three organic lemons with a manual wooden lemon squeezer (I'll be offering some for sale in a few months' time) to recover juice and pulp.
Open 3/4 green cardamom capsules and coarsely crush the small black seeds.
Mix everything together and add the ginger (freshly grated or dried in powder or fragments).
Sweeten (30 to 80g honey or agave syrup per liter / less sugar in hot weather).
Salt (1/2 teaspoon of salt per liter)
Top up withwater to suit your taste (if you like it rather "strong", half the water will do).
Add two or three hibiscus flowers for pinkish color and flavor.
Leave the mixture in a glass bottle at room temperature for a few hours. Taste after filtering (I don't filter, but some people don't like pulp in their mouth). As for tasting temperature, it's up to you: the aromas are much more pronounced at 20/30 degrees.
