@Martyna Krol it was exactly that Martyn’s, the juniper berries also added a lot to it I feel. Next time more red pepper I think too

All bottled up now and hoping they carbonate

@Kay Packwood starting wise I just used tablespoon of grated ginger root ( I put a chilli and some grated turmeric root at the start too) Repeated that for about 8 days until it was fermenting well. Then to make the sodas was just a matter of putting 250-300 ml of the ‘starter bug’ into the fruit sodas and a tablespoon of castor sugar ) ( one was black tea, vanilla and raisins ; one was fruit tea; one was fresh lemon juice and the rind of 2 lemons)) and secondary fermentation for 5 days ( the black tea one was very “lively” and needed a lot of burping) To maintain the original bug, I’m just adding grated ginger and sugar after topping up the water level to replace what I used

@Martyna Krol it’s really delicious, and I hate wasting food, so simple to make too Last nights dinner had all 4 ferments in it 😍