Making Autumn Olive Oxymel Medicinal

Fight the cold and flu season with Autumn Olive Oxymel


Autumn olive berries have a high amount of Vitamin C. The Ruby red variety has more lycopene than even tomatoes.

I have autumn olive growing in my pasture. I harvested the berries in October and froze them for use in this recipe in the winter.

Ruby Autumn Olive in my pasture
Harvested Autumn Olive, ready for the freezer

Autumn Olive Oxymel Recipe

Ingredients:

Step 1 : Blend autumn olive and filtered water in a blender.

Autumn olive and filtered water. blended

Step 2: Strain through a fine mesh sieve to remove the seeds and debris:

Filter through a fine mesh sieve.

Step 3: Add raw honey to taste.

I add as much honey as I like. Make sure it is raw honey!

Step 4: Add vinegar to taste, just to make it tangy.

This depends on how strong the vinegar is. Bragg’s apple cider vinegar is too strong for me, so I only add a few splashes. For my own vinegar, which is very mild (see recipe link above), I use a couple of tablespoons.

All ready to drink!

This oxymel can be used to boost your immunity when you feel a cold coming on. Drink a half cup twice a day.