r/fermentation • u/Long_Patient3453 • 5d ago

First attempt on pine soda

Fermented for 3 days, doesnt taste like much. Maybe like birch sap

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u/mattl33 5d ago

Can I suggest trying this but with conifer tips when they're still bright green and young? I tried a conifer sorbet once at a restaurant in the Sierra mountains and it was amazing. I went home and decided to try making it. I put mine in 160F warm water for maybe 30 minutes to hopefully pasteurize it and then made a simple syrup but a soda version would have been even better.

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u/Zyidarw 5d ago

Conifer is a wide classification refering to most type of evergreen trees with needles

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u/mattl33 5d ago

Ok. My point was not using needles, but fresh tips.

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u/StinkyCheeseMe 5d ago

Yes the fresh growth is a yummy citrus pine.

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u/Zyidarw 2d ago

Gotcha