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Orange Bitters

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Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 cup chopped orange peel dried preferred
  • 3 cardamom pods crushed
  • 1 1inch piece ginger, peeled and julienned
  • 1/2 tsp cinchona bark
  • 1 cup high proof vodka
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 tbsp rich syrup 2 cup sugar to 1 cup water, simmered

Instructions
 

  • Combine dried orange peel, cardamom, ginger, cinchona bark, and vodka in a glass jar with lid. Shake.
  • Place in a dark area for 2 weeks and shake daily.
  • Strain the mixture with cheesecloth or fine strainer into another jar.
  • Cover the remaining chunky stuff with water and bring to a boil, then simmer with lid for 10 minutes.
  • Let cool to room temperature, transfer back to a separate jar, seal and shake.
  • Place in dark area for 1 week and shake daily.
  • Strain chunky mixture again into clean jar and add original liquid mixture.
  • Combine with rich syrup and shake.
  • Wait three days and clarify anything that floats to the top.
  • Transfer to a jar (dark preferred) and enjoy!