Sima recipe

How to make Sima, Finnish Fermented Lemonade. A traditional sima recipe from Finland

Skip to recipe The Finnish labor day is around the corner and it’s time for me to start the preparations. 🙂 I’ll be celebrating it with my friends and each one of us will be bringing food and drinks to the party. I decided to make Sima (like every year before) and Finnish doughnuts. I’m also gonna make some nice small snacks, most likely Toast Skagen – depending a bit on what the others will be bringing. 🙂 Sima is a traditional labor day drink here in the North. This old-style lemon soda…

Sima - Easy Finnish Homemade Soda

Sima is a sweat mead that is an essential seasonal brew connected with the Finnish Vappu festival. It is usually spiced by adding both the flesh and rind of a lemon. During secondary fermentation raisins are added to control the amount of sugars and to act as an indicator of readiness for consumption — they will rise to the top of the bottle when the drink is ready. Sima is usually accompanied by munkkeja or Tippaleivät (donuts and other pastries). Mead is ready after 2-3 days.

Refreshing and slightly sweet, this Honey Sima is a real food, paleo version of the traditional Finnish mead, full of fizz and fun.

Rhubarb Sima brings a light, fresh flavor straight from the garden to Finland's classic favorite, sima! This rhubarb sima recipe is perfect for a beginner to home fermentation or for those already familiar with sima who may be looking for something new.

Bright and fruity with a caramelized depth of flavor thanks to brown sugar and a four-day ferment, this homemade lemon soda is enjoyed during the May Day celebration in Finland.

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Get ready to celebrate May Day like a true Finn with a glass of Sima in hand! This fresh and lemony fermented drink captures the very essence of spring, making it the perfect beverage to enjoy during the season of renewal. With its sweet and tangy taste, Sima is a beloved Finnish tradition that's sure to brighten up any May Day celebration. Head over to our website to get the recipe and savor the flavors of spring with every sip of Sima.

A fermented flavor of Finland. Sima a Finnish mead is easy to make at home and can be a fun DIY project. We have an easy recipe to follow here on the blog.

The tradition of mead or honey wine goes back millennia in Nordic countries, and it’s no surprise that countless variations have developed over the years. Sima is a quick fermented lemon soda, that’s technically a mead at heart. It’s only fermented ever so slightly, just enough to make it a bubbly effervescent lemonade suitable for heavy drinking on a hot spring day, or sharing with young ones.

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This is a tutorial on how to make Sima which is a Finnish mead that only takes a week to make.

This recipe is less sweet than many you can sweeten right before bottling by making a simple syrup from honey, agave, or sugar (fine sugars...

Tasty Sima that you usually drink on May Day but can be created with few ingredients at home

Quick sima recipe. Makes 1 gallon.

Sima is a sweat mead that is an essential seasonal brew connected with the Finnish Vappu festival. It is usually spiced by adding both the flesh and rind of a lemon. During secondary fermentation raisins are added to control the amount of sugars and to act as an indicator of readiness for consumption — they will rise to the top of the bottle when the drink is ready. Sima is usually accompanied by munkkeja or Tippaleivät (donuts and other pastries). Mead is ready after 2-3 days.

Sometime ago a friend told us about a special drink her son had made - a fizzy, lemon drink. I knew E would be interested because he loves anything lemon, enjoys being able to make things himself and anything fizzy is an unusual treat around here. The friend was kind enough to share her recipe and I tucked it away in E's folder and the months went by. Then on Saturday I was looking through a library book - Lotta Jansdotter's Handmade Living: A Fresh Take on Scandinavian Style - and saw a…