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Electrolyte Concentrate Ice Cubes

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Ingredients
  

  • 4 - 5 slices of fresh ginger* see notes for other flavor variations
  • 6 lemons juiced*
  • 1/2 - 3/4 cup honey
  • 1 tbsp. sea salt
  • Filtered water

Instructions
 

  • Boil some water (about 1 - 2 cups) with the sliced ginger.
  • Boil this mixture for 10 - 15 min., then let it sit for about 2 - 3 hours.  You want it to be really strong.  Meanwhile, juice your lemons.
  • Combine your ginger tea (remove the ginger pieces) and honey in a bowl.  I used just under 1/2 cup, but the resulting drinks won't be very sweet at all.  3/4 cup makes them lightly sweet because this will make 12 24-ounce bottles later.  That's just 1 tablespoon per 24-ounce bottle if you use the full 3/4 cup  But, you choose.
  • Add your lemon juice to this and the salt.
  • Stir it until the honey and salt are dissolved.  Then, add enough filtered water to make 3 cups total mix.
  • Now, fill up ice cube trays with it.  It should make about 24 ice cubes (assuming your trays are 1 oz. per cube, which most are).
  • Freeze for a good 24 hours.  Because of the relatively high sugar and salt content, they will not be solid like normal ice.  They will be a bit tacky.  That's okay!  Just pop them out and throw them in a bag.

Notes

Other flavor variations:
  • Orange-Vanilla: Juice of 8 fresh lemons + 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • Lemon: Juice of 6 fresh lemons (skip ginger)
  • Cherry: 1/4 cup cherry juice concentrate
  • Strawberry-lemon: Juice of 4 fresh lemons + 1/2 cup pureed strawberries
  • Grape: 1/2 cup grape juice
Usage: When you need it, put one ice cube into 7 ounces of warm water and let it dissolve.  Stir and drink.  You could choose to mix it in 4 ounces of water and add a few ice cubes to cool it back down after mixing the drink if you prefer.  And, of course, you can scale up if you want -- 4 ice cubes go in a quart jar.  It's super simple and quick to make when you need it!