Drinks
Berzብርዝ
Honey water — tej stopped before the fermentation, and the drink children get instead
- Prep
- 15 minutes
- Cook
- No cooking
- Serves
- 4
- Region
- National
Ingredients
4 servings
Method
Warm 1 cup of the water just enough to loosen the honey. Do not let it boil
Stir the honey in until it has dissolved completely
Add the remaining water cold and stir
If you want the bitter edge, steep the gesho leaves in it for an hour and then strain them out
Chill it thoroughly
Serve cold, with a squeeze of lemon if you like
Photographs
From the kitchen
Berz is tej before the fermentation — the same honey and the same water, simply stopped early
Never boil the honey. It loses its scent and what you are left with is sugar water
With gesho it moves towards tej's bitterness; without it, it is a plain sweet drink for children and for fasting days
Made in quantity for Meskel and Timket, when there is a house full of people and not everyone is drinking tej
Tags
- beverage
- non-alcoholic
- vegan
- festive
Per serving
- Calories
- 140
- Protein
- 0g
- Carbohydrate
- 35g
- Fat
- 0g
Estimates. They shift with how you make it and what you make it with.
Suitable for
- vegan
- gluten-free
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