Prepare the must

• Pour the natural spring water into the one gallon jar.
• Add the raw orange blossom honey and stir until fully dissolved.

Fill the brew bag

• Place the dried elderberries, hibiscus, vanilla, lemongrass, citrus peel, black tea and toasted oak into the brew bag.
• Close the bag and submerge it in the honey water.

Pitch the yeast

• Sprinkle the mead yeast over the must and fit the airlock on the jar.

Ferment

• Let the mead ferment in a cool, dark place, then remove the brew bag and rack once fermentation is complete.