Sima recipe

Sima is a fermented lemon drink from Finland, brewed in the Spring. This Sima recipe is very easy to make and a great introduction to home fermentation.

How to make Finland's national May Day beverage, sima, but with a twist: grapefruits instead of lemons! This sima recipe is made with minimal equipment and is a great intro to both home fermentation and a traditional Finnish beverage.

An easy homemade soda pop recipe that's a traditional Finnish summer beverage.

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

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...

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.

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…

An easy homemade soda pop recipe that's a traditional Finnish summer beverage.

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…

Lemon based, lightly carbonated, low-alcohol spring mead