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+---
+draft: true
+pinned: false
+video: false
+audio: false
+title: "Hyperling's Health Tonic"
+subtitle: "Delicious drinks for health & recovery."
+feathericon: ""
+author: authorDefault
+date: TBD
+started: "2025-12-24T14:30:00-07:00"
+lastmod:
+toc: true
+images:
+tags:
+  - TBD # food, craft, poem, blog
+series:
+  - TBD
+categories:
+  - TBD # recipes, musings
+aliases:
+  - /health-tonic
+  - /switchel
+---
+
+***Any sections listed TBD are just ideas and have not been finalized yet.***
+
+## Base [TBD]
+
+- 2 cups water (warm)
+- 1 tbsp organic blackstrap molasses
+
+| Ingredient | Amount |
+| --: | :-- |
+| Water | 2 cups |
+| Organic Blackstrap Molasses | 1 tbsp |
+
+## Flavors
+
+Here are some flavoring ideas to add on top of this.
+
+### Vanilla [TBD]
+
+- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract (alcohol based)
+
+### Ginger [TBD]
+
+- X fresh ginger
+
+or
+
+- X ginger powder
+
+### Cherry [TBD]
+
+- tart cherry concentrate
+
+### Maple [TBD]
+
+- 1 tsp maple syrup
+- 1/8 tsp vanilla
+
+### Clove [TBD]
+
+- X cloves
+
+### Mint [TBD]
+
+- 1 tsp [spear?,pepper?]mint
+
+### Rosemary [TBD]
+
+- 1/2 tsp rosemary
+
+### Italian [TBD]
+
+- 1/4 tsp oregano
+- 1/4 tsp thyme
+
+## Purported Health Benefits [TBD]
+
+TBD