Miodowa Podpiwka

• Honey 100ml
• Water 1l
• Lemon juice 50ml
• Cinnamon stick 1
• Cloves 3
• Instant dry yeast 1g
• Grain coffee 40g

How to Make It

• 1

  Bring 1 liter of water to the boil in a medium saucepan.

• 2

  Add 40 g of ground grain coffee (kawa zbożowa), 1 cinnamon stick and 3 whole cloves, lower the heat and let it simmer gently for 5 minutes so the roasted grain gives the liquid its dark, beer-like flavor.

• 3

  Remove the pan from the heat and strain the liquid through a fine-mesh sieve lined with a clean cloth into a clean pot, discarding the coffee grounds and spices. Let it cool to 60C.

• 4

  Stir in 100ml of high-quality floral honey until completely dissolved.

• 5

  Pour in 50ml of freshly squeezed lemon juice, then let the mixture cool to lukewarm, 30C.

• 6

  Sprinkle 1 g of instant dry yeast over the lukewarm mixture and stir thoroughly with a wooden spoon until uniform. Cover the pan with a clean cloth and leave it at room temperature for 12 hours to ferment.

• 7

  Pour the fermented liquid through a fine-mesh sieve into clean swing-top bottles, leaving 3 cm of headspace. Close the bottles and leave them at room temperature for 24 hours to carbonate.

• 8

  Refrigerate the bottles for 24 hours to slow fermentation, open them carefully because the drink is fizzy, and serve chilled.