What's your favourite non-alcoholic drink?

[Phanerothyme 12]

from LEDA

With the weekend coming up, you might find use for this recipe for bhang from Flavors of India by Shanta Nimbark Sacharoff.

 

2 cups water

1 ounce marijuana (fresh leaves and flowers of a female plant preferred)

4 cups warm milk

2 tablespoons blanched and chopped almonds

1/8 teaspoon garam masala [a mixture of cloves, cinnamon, and cardamon]

1/4 teaspoon powdered ginger

1/2 to 1 teaspoon rosewater

1 cup sugar

 

Bring the water to a rapid boil and pour into a clean teapot. Remove any seeds or twigs from the marijuana, add it to the teapot and cover. Let this brew for about 7 minutes.

 

Now strain the water and marijuana through a piece of muslin cloth, collect the water and save. Take the leaves and flowers and squeeze between your hands to extract any liquid that remains. Add this to the water.

 

Place the leaves and flowers in a mortar and add 2 teaspoons warm milk. Slowly but firmly grind the milk and leaves together. Gather up the marijuana and squeeze out as much milk as you can. Repeat this process until you have used about 1/2 cup of milk (about 4 to 5 times).

 

Collect all the milk that has been extracted and place in a bowl. By this time the marijuana will have turned into a pulpy mass. Add the chopped almonds and some more warm milk.

 

Grind this in the mortar until a fine paste is formed. Squeeze this paste and collect the extract as before. Repeat a few more times until all that is left are some fibers and nut meal. Discard the residue.

 

Combine all the liquids that have been collected, including the water the marijuana was brewed in. Add to this the garam masala, dried ginger and rosewater. Add the sugar and remaining milk. Chill, serve, and enjoy.

 

It seems a bit labor intensive, but then it is meant as an offering to Shiva.

 

convert to bhang lassi by adding lots of yoghurt. mmm.

[WintersMist 10]

COLD

 

1. Milkshake (strawberry pref)

2. Red Bull

3. Orange juice

4. Coke a Cola

5. Pinapple Juice

 

HOT

 

1. Fresh coffee, hot milk and brown sugar

2. Very hot tea, little milk and sugar

3. Amsterdam's hot chocolate! Ummm the best place for it!

[Nutronic 10]

I'll settle for a nice cuppa coffee 1 sugar and a little bit of milk:nod:,

 

Its proper bo i tell thee!

[*Twinkle* 10]

Mmmm fresh orange juice with bits!

[rickmiles85 10]

Tomato Juice!

[jayjay03 10]

Its gotta be Coca Cola nice and cold outta the fridge with plenty of ice!!!

[Guest vivien]

is there such thing as a non alchoholic drink

 

just kiddin mines a rootbeer please

[mikey 10]

Lashings of Bhang it is then for the next Forum meet.

[Phanerothyme 12]

Originally posted by mikey

Lashings of Bhang it is then for the next Forum meet.

It's a nice thought, but sadly impossible, unless we have a continental meetup in "der klassiske rock baren" in northern holland or switzerland.

 

How bout it CRB? Open a few smoker friendly foreign franchises!

[Martin_s 10]

Gotta be the Raspberry and Orange Juice drink you can get from Marks and Spencer...

 

Yum!!

 

Normally though it's Lime and Soda in pint glasses for me... good thirst quencher

[Sam Miguel 10]

I love Fanta orange. Nice and cold out of the machine after a good swim.

[BrainThrust 10]

Ginger Beer!

 

I love the stuff

 

Wilf