Author: jeremy

  • How to make spicy ginger beer

    How to make spicy ginger beer

    How to make spicy ginger beer

    I’ve been making all sorts of combinations of this, mixing in other fruit, honey and spices. You can use any organic material that will ferment, basically any fruit. 

    I’ve experimented with peach, mango, ginger, strawberry, lychee, watermelon and all sorts. Sometimes you hit a good combination, sometimes simple is best. I love just a simple ginger and a little honey mix. 

    Make your ferment mix or ginger plant

    Start off by making your ferment mix (ginger plant). Sugar, water and ginger bits in a jar and let it ferment and bubble for a week. Warm weather helps this whole process.

    I just pierce a metal jar lid for breathing holes. Add in two tbsp of your fruit ingredient, and one of sugar and ill with water. Keep adding a little fruit and sugar each day. Throw some water or fruit out if you overfill. After a few days it should start to generate CO2 and bubble. Cover it with a cloth or paper towel (keeps the ants out) and then put your aerated lid back on.

    Boil your ingredients

    I put them in a pot with a little more water than I need, chuck in all of the fruit ingredients and bring it to the boil. Let it simmer for 10 mins and tun the heat off. Then let it cool to room temperature. 

    Bottle it up!

    Put your boiled mixture (including the fruit) into your sealable bottle (I use these flip cap ones) and add a cup of your ferment mix (or half will do). Give it a gentle roll upside down to mix. Sit it in a cool, dark area to ferment for a week or two. 

    Top up your ferment mix

    Add whatever you used back into the mix and you can make as much as you like!

    If you don’t want to use a ginger plant / fermentation method, you can used a soda machine to carbonate your mix. Just keep it in the fridge and mix it with soda to the strength you like. 

    This is all worth the effort, my ginger and honey 🍯 mix is really carbonated and so refreshing in the morning. It’s a real zing and immunity booster in the morning or hot afternoon.

    Let me know in the comments if you make your own probiotic ginger beer!

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  • Living with chickens – training the egg laying location 🐓

    I need help with chicken training 🥹 one hen 🐓 refuses to lay in the nest box and lays under the olive tree. How do I get her to relocate? I’ve tried fencing off the area, she just flies over it. Any ideas … ?💡 

  • Lychee soda and mint recipe

    Lychee soda and mint recipe

    It’s lychee season again (Australia). Not sure if you’re a fan but I love them in soda water with soda water, ice and fresh mint. Mix them up in a glass and enjoy with friends ✨ lycheeee

    Grab your ingredients

    You’ll need – 2 fresh lychees or some from a canned lychee tin, soda water, ice, mint leaves. Fresh mint is best!

    Mix your drink

    Drop your ice in, add in the lychees and whatever lychee juice you have, add soda water and garnish with mint. So gooooood. 

    Enjoy

    Find your fave friend and drink that luscious lychee, soda and mint drink. They’re so good in summer. 

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  • Kicking off 2025 with TikTok Effects

    Kicking off 2025 with TikTok Effects

    It’s been about 8 months now since I started creating TikTok effects. If you’re unsure what they are, check more info on how you can create your own here https://effecthouse.tiktok.com/ 

    My TikTok channel is here and you can search for my effects using search. I’m a global top 1% creator and make a lot of facial AR effects. I’ve experimented with all types of effects, and one of those went viral. That effect has gathered over 1.2M views. 

    It’s been an interesting journey, learning the software, testing what works and skilling up at the same time. Over 8 months I’ve learnt quite a bit about what does and doesn’t work and which regions like what effects.

    The drag and drop UI in effect house makes it easy for non-technical people like me to just jump straight in and create. You can do the same now with the app, it makes it really easy to make your own effects with assets you might have in your phone. 

    I don’t have massive followings, but I’m enjoying experimenting with the AR capabilities in TikTok. Let me know if you’ve had success in the comments. 

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