When it’s cold outside, Reader, nothing creates a cozier feeling than a warm homemade beverage that is warming your hands, body and soul.

If you’d ask a Nordic what that beverage would be, well, 90% would say:

“Glogg of course, it’s winter isn’t it?“

If you have never tasted glogg, it is a warm spiced juice that is often bit on the sweeter side. Many want their glogg stronger and mixing some red wine, calvados or even rum.

Glogg is like a close friend of mulled wine and German glühwein.

We don’t drink alcohol in our family, so I could say I am specialized with the non-alcoholic gloggs.

Here in Finland everyone drinks glogg during the winter time and maybe even more the non-alcoholic one, for it is also perfect winter time delight for kids in the family too!

Making glogg is not rocket science.

Here is my not so secret formula:

🤍 Juice

🤍 Sweetener

🤍 Spices

Juice is traditionally made with blackcurrant, but you can use for example cranberry juice, apple juice, elderflower juice I use even hibiscus tea for glogg!

Sweetener rounds the flavours. When making glogg yourself you can decide the sweetness level you want.

I have used mainly brown and white sugar, honey and dark syrup, but maple syrup would work too for sure!

Spices are the possibility to enhance the flavours you have in the juice and deepen them.

Traditional flavours are warm spices like cinnamon, ginger, black pepper, nutmeg and bitter lemon peel.

I love to use as well the fennel seeds that are truly amazing seasoning in a white elderflower glogg.

If you want the tartness that red wine traditionally brings into glogg but not that keen to have alcohol I have found a way around it.

Using hibiscus petals in hibiscus blackcurrant glogg, I find that the tartness of hibiscus has similarities enough with the red wine that it is (think of me saying very humbly) way better than any non alcoholic wine gloggs that you can find from any shop.

What winter beverages you make for your family traditionally?

I would really like to know, hit the reply button and tell me your winter time favourites!

And have you made glogg yet? If not I suggest you to try it out, though I know it divides opinions - ask my Moroccan husband, he totally doesn’t get it.

But if glogg doesn’t warm your body and soul I have plenty of other options in the hot beverages category (like Moroccan mint tea btw), to test out.

Next week I will be sharing my Rooibos Chai Latte recipe too, so keep your eyes open for the next weeks broadcast for that one!

Warmth and hugs 🤍

Sonja

PS. If you are in the winter mood, you can find more inspiration for winter cooking and crafting here.

PPS. And if you have not yet joined my Natural Christmas Letters, you can do so clicking here, next week I'm sharing some natural and sustainable wrapping and packing ideas!

Hi Sister, I'm Sonja

I’m a Nordic girl married to a Moroccan husband and mom to a curious little adventurer. After over a decade in fine dining, I left the busy restaurant life to embrace slower, more natural living. Now I help women simplify their routines with from-scratch recipes, natural wellness tips, and sustainable ways to create less waste and more contentment.

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