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Electrolyte Concentrate Ice Cubes

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Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 4 - 5 slices of fresh ginger* see notes for other flavor variations
  • 6 lemons juiced*
  • 1/2 - 3/4 cup honey
  • 1 tbsp. sea salt
  • Filtered water

Method
 

  1. Boil some water (about 1 - 2 cups) with the sliced ginger.
  2. Boil this mixture for 10 - 15 min., then let it sit for about 2 - 3 hours.  You want it to be really strong.  Meanwhile, juice your lemons.
  3. Combine your ginger tea (remove the ginger pieces) and honey in a bowl.  I used just under 1/2 cup, but the resulting drinks won't be very sweet at all.  3/4 cup makes them lightly sweet because this will make 12 24-ounce bottles later.  That's just 1 tablespoon per 24-ounce bottle if you use the full 3/4 cup  But, you choose.
  4. Add your lemon juice to this and the salt.
  5. Stir it until the honey and salt are dissolved.  Then, add enough filtered water to make 3 cups total mix.
  6. Now, fill up ice cube trays with it.  It should make about 24 ice cubes (assuming your trays are 1 oz. per cube, which most are).
  7. Freeze for a good 24 hours.  Because of the relatively high sugar and salt content, they will not be solid like normal ice.  They will be a bit tacky.  That's okay!  Just pop them out and throw them in a bag.

Notes

Other flavor variations:
  • Orange-Vanilla: Juice of 8 fresh lemons + 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • Lemon: Juice of 6 fresh lemons (skip ginger)
  • Cherry: 1/4 cup cherry juice concentrate
  • Strawberry-lemon: Juice of 4 fresh lemons + 1/2 cup pureed strawberries
  • Grape: 1/2 cup grape juice
Usage: When you need it, put one ice cube into 7 ounces of warm water and let it dissolve.  Stir and drink.  You could choose to mix it in 4 ounces of water and add a few ice cubes to cool it back down after mixing the drink if you prefer.  And, of course, you can scale up if you want -- 4 ice cubes go in a quart jar.  It's super simple and quick to make when you need it!