Legacy of Babylonia
The forgotten wonder of the ancient world
"Naturally fermented apple cider vinegar was prized throughout the ancient world by everyone from peasants to poets, philosophers and pharaohs.And when you experience it, you understand why."
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7,000 years ago...
...in ancient Babylonia, there was an orchard of staggering beauty.
It had lush grass, bright flowers, and an apple tree at its centre. Beneath the tree stood a woman, and in her hand she held a drink.
This drink was like nothing made before. Many weeks earlier, the woman had been squeezing fresh apples into juice. Then - as if by divine coincidence - a child cried, she rushed to find him, forgot about the juice, and left it outside for weeks. The garden air fermented it into something mysterious and golden.
The very first apple cider vinegar.
She found the taste odd at first - sharp, tart, sour. But as she sipped more, she slowly came to love it. Not just for the taste, but for how it made her feel. Energised. Alive.
There seemed to her that there was something magical in it.
That something was “the mother”. An organic substance formed when fruit juice ferments into vinegar. Nutritionally, the mother is one of the miracles of nature. A lifeform teeming with healthy enzymes and bacteria - potentially more powerful than any probiotic tablet. The mother supports health and wellbeing in many ways.
Centuries passed, and the love of making apple cider vinegar spread across civilisations. First to ancient Egypt, then Greece, then Rome. Doctors used it as medicine. Cooks added it to recipes. Athletes took it before races. All cherished how it seemed to help settle the stomach, and energise the body.
Roman soldiers even drank it during war.
During the middle ages, the tradition was passed on to monks. They tended orchards in hillside monasteries, and spent their long hours of solitude honing the craft.
Today, a 7,000 year tradition of making apple cider vinegar - of passing down and perfecting the techniques - is kept alive in an Italian town called Modena. Nestled in a region where apples grow large and sweet, a small group of artisans makes it with methods as old as the food itself.
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GOLDEN HARVEST
APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
An exquisite apple cider vinegar steeped in ancient tradition. Made in the medieval town of Modena, using methods passed down and perfected over countless generations.
- Organic. Unfiltered. Unspoilt.
- Crafted by Italian artisans
- Made with mother
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