Recipes · Russian · Beverages
Sbiten (Hot Spiced Honey Drink)
One serving has 80 kcal, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of manganese (22%). Ready in 20 minutes.

- Preparation: 5 min
- Cooking: 15 min
- Makes: 1 serving (246 g)
- Difficulty: Easy
- Diets: Vegetarian, Gluten-free, Dairy-free
- Contains: honey
Ingredients
- 220 g Water
- 25 g Honey
- 0.5 g Cinnamon
- 0.2 g Cloves
- 0.5 g Ginger, ground
Method
- Put the water in a pot with the cinnamon, cloves and ginger, and bring to a gentle simmer.
- Simmer for 10 minutes to infuse the spices, then stir in the honey until fully dissolved.
- Simmer for another 2-3 minutes without boiling hard, since hard boiling dulls the honey's flavour, then strain out the whole spices.
- Pour into mugs and serve hot; sbiten is traditionally drunk in winter as a warming, non-alcoholic spiced honey drink.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 79.5 kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 21.5 g | |
| Water | 224 mL | |
| Fiber | 0.45 g | 2% |
| Protein | 0.15 g | 0% |
| Tryptophan | 0 g | |
| Threonine | 0 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0 g | |
| Leucine | 0.01 g | |
| Lysine | 0.01 g | |
| Methionine | 0 g | |
| Cystine | 0 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.01 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0 g | |
| Valine | 0.01 g | |
| Histidine | 0 g | |
| Fat | 0.05 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 0.01 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 0.01 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 0.01 g | |
| Saturated | 0.02 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0 g | |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg | |
| Calcium | 14.9 mg | 1% |
| Copper | 0.04 mg | 4% |
| Iron | 0.27 mg | 2% |
| Magnesium | 4.6 mg | 1% |
| Manganese | 0.39 mg | 22% |
| Phosphorus | 2.4 mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 23.8 mg | 1% |
| Selenium | 0.51 µg | 1% |
| Sodium | 10.5 mg | |
| Zinc | 0.11 mg | 1% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0 mg | 0% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.01 mg | 1% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 0.09 mg | 1% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 0.02 mg | 0% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.01 mg | 1% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 0.65 µg | 0% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0 µg | 0% |
| Choline | 0.89 mg | 0% |
| Vitamin A | 0.1 µg | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 0.15 mg | 0% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 0 IU | 0% |
| Vitamin E | 0.03 mg | 0% |
| Vitamin K | 0.44 µg | 0% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.04 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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