San Diego Sips: Cool down this summer while sipping herb-infused cocktails

Transform your hot weather drink lineup with Higher Vibration shrubs and teas

Using shrubs is one of my favorite ways to expand the flavor profiles of cocktail recipes, and one of my favorite places to source them is from my friends at Higher Vibration Tonics.

Co-owned by University Heights residents Angelina Keselburg and Lauren Lucek, the brand specializes in creative non-alcoholic beverages like herbal teas and shrubs made from locally sourced ingredients. 

Their unique tisanes and shrubs — also known as "drinking vinegars” — cater to the growing demand for innovative and health-conscious drink options. Their mission is to dispel the stereotype that non-alcoholic cocktails are merely "juice in a cup" by offering sophisticated and flavorful alternatives.

For this week’s San Diego Sips recipes, I made two refreshing beverages using Higher Vibration shrubs.

In the non-alcoholic Gemini’s Sageberry Dream, I blend my favorite shrub — the blackberry sage — with the Higher Vibration’s Gemini tea, lemon juice, agave nectar and Fever Tree club soda. 

This is an excerpt from my newest food writing project, San Diego Tides & Tacos. Visit this article on Substack to find cocktail recipes using Higher Vibration Tonics.