Chicory Ginger Bitters are an outstanding supplement to make us feel lighter, happier and more energetic. Taken just before or with meals either straight or with a small amount of water, bitters promote digestion and allay between-meal cravings for sweets, salty snacks or stimulants. Adding sparkling water to bitters with a twist of lemon or lime makes a refreshing drink, paper umbrella optional!
Modern life places an unhealthy burden on sensory input and heady intellectual activity. Computer work, driving, flying and cell phones all oppress our breathing and overburden our digestive systems. Both breathing and digestion require calm rhythmical environments. Often, the stomach feels heavy from overeating just to cope! Moving our own bodies keeps us healthy while passively being moved in travel diminishes breathing, circulation and digestion. It has become the default normal!
How do bitters work?
Taken regularly (2-4 times a day) Bitters can significantly improve our mood, life outlook and feeling of bodily vitality which suffer from the effects of the technological world.
While Chicory Ginger Bitters should be refrigerated after opening it will keep fine for several weeks at room temperature while traveling.
Gentian Root
Gentiana lutea or yellow gentian is an alpine plant growing 1-2 inches high on grassy alpine and sub-alpine meadows in central and southern Europe. The root is intensely bitter and has a long history of medicinal and beverage use. Bitter substances makes the body take stronger hold of digestion increasing activity in the liver, stomach, pancreas and intestines.
Ginger Root
Ginger originates in the East Indies: Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore. The fleshy root is spicy and fiery, accelerating sluggish digestion and countering fullness and nausea. Ginger is in the same family as turmeric and cardamom.
Chicory Root
Light-blue chicory flowers are often over-looked as they grow ubiquitously along roadsides where soil has been disturbed. It prefers such “distressed” locations and acts as a pioneer plant to restore order. The hard deep roots are roasted and used as a non-caffeinated coffee substitute. Chicory has tremendous vitality, putting out abundant flowers that last only a day but are replaced again and again every day for months – a feat in itself! The tough root is the part used in Chicory Ginger Bitters.
Wormwood
Here the leaves and stems are the bitter parts of the plant (Artemesia absinthium) native to North Africa and temperate Eurasia. Like Gentian, it is used to flavor some alcoholic beverages such as vermouth and absinthe. It is intensely bitter and like chicory, it prefers to grow on uncultivated, inhospitable paths, field margins and rocky slopes.
Black Pepper
Black Pepper is a flowering vine originating on the South West Coast of India and was an early part of the spice trade. It fires digestion and imparts a strong flavor to Chicory Ginger Bitters.
Vietnam is now the largest producer of peppercorns. Peppercorns are so widely used they account for 20% of the entire spice trade. Historically it was so widely used that it was called “black gold” and used as commodity money in Rome, Egypt and the Middle East.
Cheers to your health with Chicory Ginger Bitters!
