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Quick Finnish Lemon Mead (Sima)
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Ingredients
Scale
- 250 g brown sugar
- 1 lemon, juiced
- Small amount of dry yeast
- Raisins (optional)
Directions
First day
- Boil 1–2 litres water.
- While the water is boiling, wash a 3-liter container and squeeze the juice from the lemon into a glass.
- Set aside 1 litre of hot water for the sima. Rinse the container with the rest to sterilize it.
- Put sugar and lemon juice into the container.
- Pour 1 litre hot water onto the sugar and lemon juice and mix until sugar dissolves.
- Add 1 litre cold water.
- Add a very small amount of yeast (up to ¼ teaspoon).
- Let it stand overnight.
Second day
- Wash a 2 litre soda bottle and rinse it with boiling water.
- Add 1 teaspoon sugar into the bottle and a few raisins if you want to.
- Pour the sima into the bottle with a funnel.
- Leave in a dark place in room temperature for 2 days.
- Move the bottle into the refrigerator; the sima is ready.