Do you want to "drink" healthy and good-looking in fall and winter? Fruit vinegar, which is suitable for both hot and cold drinks, is a good choice. The expert emphasizes that as long as you master the correct steps and methods, home brewing fruit vinegar is really very simple, and you can drink it safely and healthily!

Good reasons to drink vinegar

"Compendium of Materia Medica": "Vinegar can reduce swelling, go to the water, kill the evil poison, rationalize the medicine". Nutritionist also said that edible vinegar contains 20 kinds of free amino acids, 8 of which are essential amino acids that the human body can't synthesize by itself, in addition, it is also rich in minerals that can promote metabolism and vitamins B1, B2, C, so it can balance the pH value of the blood, and it is a good drink to adjust the constitution for the majority of modern people who have an acidic constitution, and it helps the body reach the goal of diuresis, detoxification, and changing the constitution by drinking the natural vinegar in moderation for a long period of time. It can help the body to achieve diuretic, detoxification, and change the physique.

Fruit vinegar is not only more fruity than general vinegar, but also contains amino acids, vitamins, minerals, and so on, which are extracted by vinegar and become healthy drinking vinegar. If you are worried about the chemicals or preservatives added to the commercially available fruit vinegar, you can actually do it yourself at home, and the pre-production steps are very simple and easy to follow, the only time-consuming thing is the brewing time, most of them need to be left to stand for 3 months, after which you can open it to smell and drink!

How to make fruit vinegar

Preparation equipment

1. Fruit: As long as the seasonal and ripe fresh fruits can be used as the material of vinegar, if you can use organic planting better. Before use, the fruits must be cleaned, drained and air-dried at room temperature, or can be used to accelerate the drying of the cold air blower, pay attention to not have impurities and water to lead to vinegar in the process of deterioration.

2. Bottom vinegar: Be sure to choose "natural brewing vinegar" as the vinegar base, of which pure rice vinegar is the most suitable, glutinous rice vinegar, sorghum vinegar can also be used. Avoid buying chemical vinegar, alcohol vinegar, synthetic vinegar and other non-natural brewing vinegar that is flavored with acetic acid dilution. The real natural brewing vinegar is cloudy with a slight precipitation material, if the vinegar looks clear and transparent, pungent aroma of the mouth hot and sour, more non-natural synthetic vinegar.

3. rock sugar: unbleached organic rock sugar is the best, followed by two sugar. The purpose of adding sugar is to balance the sourness of vinegar, depending on personal preference, discretionary amount, as long as it does not exceed the degree of saturation can be (because more than the degree of saturation, part of the sugar can not be dissolved). In order to avoid brewing out of too sweet, you can add according to the recommended amount, after brewing, if it really is not sweet enough, and then add honey to blend, the flavor is better and more convenient.

4. Containers: Containers must be made of acid-resistant materials, such as glass wide-mouth jars or ceramic urns, which are more suitable and do not release harmful chemicals. The ceramic urns and glass bottles with red lids can be purchased at Chinese medicine shops or major department stores.

What is the conversion method, direct method?

"Direct method" refers to fruits with more water content such as grapes, strawberries, mulberries, etc., and let the fruits ferment on their own to produce vinaigrette. The "Conversion Method" refers to fruits with less water content such as plums and apples, which require the addition of more natural vinegar as a base.

Main Steps:

Take "one wash, two bubble, three seal" as the principle. First, wash the fruits carefully to avoid residual dust, bacteria, insect eggs and moisture on the surface that may lead to brewing failure. Put the ingredients into the bottle in layers and finally pour in the natural vinegar. Seal the bottles with lids to prevent air and bacteria from entering and damaging the bottles. You can cover the flat mouth with a clean plastic wrap or plastic bag, and then tighten the lid to strengthen the sealing effect. Once the brewing time, do not necessarily have to open immediately, if the condition is good to maintain the unopened state, but the more you put the more flavorful. If you want to change to other small containers, do not use plastic bottles to avoid oxidization. It's best to use glass bottles that have been sterilized by boiling water.

How to store vinegar?

Brewed vinegar can not be placed in the refrigerator, it should be placed in glass bottles indoors in a cool place, because the temperature is too high or too low will reduce the destruction of acetic acid bacteria activity. After opening the bottle, try to drink it as quickly as possible to avoid the invasion of bacteria or moisture, if placed for a while on the vinegar floating white mold, vinegar itself is not bad, still drinkable, if there is a green or black mold, it is absolutely can not be eaten.

8 kinds of fruit vinegar

Apple cider vinegar:

Sweet and sour apple cider vinegar can not only solve constipation, but also according to the ratio of 1:400 added to the warm water of the bath, so that the skin is delicate, so that the joints of the blood circulation is better.

Ingredients: 600g of apple, 300g of rock sugar, 600ml of aged glutinous rice vinegar

1. Wash the apple, remove the skin, remove the kernel and then slice it. Put one layer of apples and one layer of rock sugar into a wide-mouth bottle, pour in glutinous rice vinegar, and seal the bottle tightly.

2. Stick the date label on the bottle, put it in a cool place, and open it after 3 months to dilute and drink.

Mythical Plum Vinegar:

Ingredients: 600g of ripe yellow plums, 600g of organic rock sugar, 600ml of aged glutinous rice vinegar

1. Wash and drain the water from the yellow plums, pick off the tip and poke holes in the plums with a toothpick.

2. Put a layer of plums and a layer of rock sugar into a wide-mouth jar, pour in glutinous rice vinegar, and seal the jar tightly. Label the bottle with the production date, place it in a cool place, and open it after 3 months to dilute and drink. Mix plum vinegar with cold water at a ratio of 3:1, and drizzle it over gazpacho as a flavorful sauce.

Vanilla Lemon Vinegar:

Ingredients: 600g of lemon, 5g of fresh mint leaves, 600g of organic icing sugar, 600ml of aged glutinous rice vinegar

1. Wash and drain the lemon, then dry it, and slice it into 2mm slices after removing the head and tail. Rosemary, bee balm, lemongrass, lemongrass can be used to infuse, light vanilla can reduce the strong acidity of lemon vinegar.

2. Put a layer of lemon slices and a layer of icing sugar into a wide-mouth jar, fold it over halfway and put in the mint leaves, then pour in the glutinous rice vinegar and seal the jar tightly. Label the bottle with the production date and place it in a cool place. After 3 months, you can open the bottle and dilute it for drinking.

Healthy Orange Vinegar:

Ingredients: 600g of orange, 600g of organic rock sugar, 600ml of aged glutinous rice vinegar

1. Wash and drain the orange, then dry it, and cut it into 2mm slices after removing the head and tail.

2. Place a layer of orange slices and a layer of rock sugar in a wide-mouth jar, pour in the glutinous rice vinegar, and seal the jar tightly. Label the bottle with the production date and place it in a cool place. After 3 months, you can open the bottle and dilute it to drink.

Orange peel contains Limonoids, which are lemon bitters, which have cholesterol-lowering properties, and some natural essential oils, so the vinegar will have a slightly bitter flavor after soaking.

Easy Red Grapefruit Vinegar:

Ingredients: 300g of grapefruit, 200g of rock sugar, 300g of aged glutinous rice vinegar

1. Wash and drain the water from the grapefruit and then dry it, and remove the head and the tail, and then cut thin slices. Red grapefruit taste sweeter but the aroma is lighter, white grapefruit is more flavorful but more acidic, if you choose white grapefruit vinegar can increase the amount of sugar.

2. Put a layer of grapefruit slices and a layer of rock sugar into a wide-mouth bottle, pour in glutinous rice vinegar, and seal the bottle tightly. Label the bottle with the production date, place it in a cool place, and open it after 3 months to dilute and drink.

Health care tomato vinegar:

Material cow tomatoes 600g, organic rock sugar 500g, aged glutinous rice vinegar 600g

1. tomatoes washed and drained after drying, after removing the fruit tip, cut into small pieces of spare. Selection of red fruit cattle tomatoes brewing, fruit flavor will be more intense, brewed tomato pulp can be added to the preserved plums as a candied fruit to eat, very tasty.

2. Put a layer of tomatoes and a layer of rock sugar into a wide-mouth jar, pour in glutinous rice vinegar, and seal the jar tightly. Label the bottle with the date of production, place it in a cool place, and open it after 3 months to dilute and drink.

Anti Stress Peach Vinegar:

Ingredients: 600g of peach (excluding the weight of the kernel), 500g of organic rock sugar, 600ml of aged glutinous rice vinegar

1. Wash and drain the water from the peach, and remove the kernel and then slice it for spare. Peaches are rich in potassium, which helps to stabilize mood and blood pressure.

2. Put a layer of peach and a layer of rock sugar into a wide-mouth jar, then pour in glutinous rice vinegar and seal the jar tightly. Label the bottle with the production date, place it in a cool place, and open it after 3 months to dilute and drink.

Honey Strawberry Vinegar:

Ingredients: 300g strawberries, 300cc rice wine, 150g organic rock sugar, 70g honey, 300g aged glutinous rice vinegar

1. Strawberries remove the pith and then cleaned with rice wine, drain and spare. Because wine cleaning strawberries can be sterilized, but also to avoid using a lot of water to wash and make strawberry damage.

2. Put a layer of strawberries and a layer of rock sugar into a wide-mouth jar, pour in honey and glutinous rice vinegar, seal the jar tightly and shake gently. Labeled with the date of production, placed in a cool place, after 3 months can be opened and diluted to drink.

How to drink vinegar and precautions

How to drink vinegar is right?

Fruit vinegar can not be drunk directly, it will hurt the esophagus and stomach, need to dilute 8 to 10 times with warm or cold water, and avoid using boiling hot water to avoid reducing the activity of vinegar. The normal amount of about 2 times a day, about 250 to 500 milliliters after meals (diluted) is good, too much intake will cause the body to improper storage of fatty acids.

Who should not drink it?

People with gastric ulcers, duodenal ulcers and other digestive diseases are not suitable for drinking vinegar, because vinegar can stimulate the stomach lining and secrete too much stomach acid. Osteoporosis patients also need to moderate drinking, although vinegar can enhance the body's calcium absorption, but too much will appear to impede the metabolism of calcium counterproductive, detrimental to the hardness of the bones.

When is it not appropriate to drink?

Avoid drinking on an empty stomach to avoid causing gastrointestinal burden. You can't drink vinegar when you take medicines, because some medicines contain magnesium oxide and sodium bicarbonate, which will be neutralized by vinegar and lose its effectiveness, and sulfonamides will form crystals in the kidneys when they encounter vinegar, so you have to be especially careful.