From Humble Beginnings

After researching homemade bitters for the past few days, we finally made our way to the market to search out some local ingredients and try our hand at a few simple infusions. We bought what is supposed to be gentian root or leaves or something, along with cassia bark and some other “bittering” agents from the herb store, and then went to a few street stalls to pick up fresh ginger, turmeric root and lemongrass stalks. Now we’ve got about five glass jars ready for five different mixtures. Some just for the bitter agents. Some for flavor. Some mixed. Some experimental. There’s no telling what’s going to happen. More later on the different concoctions and recipes and what, if anything, really works.