How to Make Spiced Cascara Syrup with Kurasu's Kashi Team

During this cold season, a warm drink is more welcomed than ever. Our Cascara Spiced drink that we serve at our Kurasu Ebisugawa cafe might be exactly what you're looking for. It is sweet and full of spice. Today we want to share how you can recreate this drink at home for you and your loved ones to enjoy during this festive season.
Join us (Sonya and Nao) and Natsuko at the Kurasu Nishijin Roastery kitchen and let's get cooking!
00:32 "What is Cascara?"
01:02 How to make Kashi's Spiced Cascara Syrup
01:05 Ingredients list
01:42 Step 1
01:55 Step 2
02:17 Step 3
02:59 Step 4
03:58 Hot spiced cascara
04:18 Sparkling cold spiced cascara
04:33 Sonya and Nao commentary
Kurasu's Cascara blog: shorturl.at/mzJMN
The ingredients:
30g cascara
300g water
2-star anise
1 cinnamon stick
16 cloves
8 cardamoms (cut in half with scissors)
5 juniper berries
20 black peppers (crushed)
Lemon slices from half a lemon (with zest)
15 g ginger slices
40 g lemon juice
1,5 g nutmeg powder
Sugar (measure out 70% of the extracted Cascara liquid’s weight in sugar)
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Cooking instructions:
Step 1:
Combine the 30g of cascara and 300g of water in a pot. Bring it to a boil, turn off the heat, let steep for 5 minutes, and strain.
Step 2:
Return the liquid to the pot and add the following spices:
2-star anise
1 cinnamon stick
16 cloves
8 cardamoms (cut in half with scissors)
5 juniper berries
20 black peppers (crushed)
Then bring it to a boil.
Proceed by the following ingredients to the pot:
Lemon slices from half a lemon (with zest)
15 g ginger slices
Cook the mixture over low heat for 10 minutes.
Step 3:
Add the rest of the ingredients:
Sugar (measure out 70% of the extracted Cascara liquid’s weight in sugar)
40 g lemon juice
1,5 g nutmeg powder
When the sugar dissolves, turn off the heat.
Step 4:
Let sit in the fridge overnight, strain, and voila!
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[@dennynovandiryan476]

Interesting to add cascara inside this herbs syrup. It's a perfect time to drink it hot in Indonesia. Can't wait to see another experiment from Kurasu. Cheers!

[@ubtenggg2104]

Wooww this is creative...🥰

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Looks Lovely ~ 🥰 🥳🤩