This is one of my favourite overview videos of Vetiver Grass, Chrysopogon zizanioides; a sterile plant with a myriad of uses that grows in areas with humid/wet Summers (or a water phytoremediation plant in hot, dry areas). Mainly used as erosion control on heavily degraded lands in full sun as a pioneer to native revegetation.
This video used to be hosted on Vimeo but has been reuploaded to YouTube, hence the lack of views.
If you have any questions on how Vetiver works, ask away. Happy to answer all of them.
I didn’t want to recommend something that I hadn’t tried myself :)
This is something my grandmother used to make that is quite delicious: https://spicykitchen.net/recipe/khus-syrup-ramacham-sarbath/
It’s all good. Thank you for that.
Having soaked Vetiver slips for a decade now, I can break that recipe down in terms I understand. A hint of oil in sugar water.
Did you like it? Is it something you would seek out?
This isn’t oily at all while drinking. It’s more like the aromatics and flavours extracted in sugar syrup.
Frankly it is amazing and somewhat universally loved by people here. To tell you how much, my partner had us go on a two hour adventure through Amsterdam because she found a restaurant that had it and really really wanted to drink it, in her words :)
I meant to simplify it. I’ve soaked so many plants in water that what I’m describing is an accurate representation as the water always has a sheen of oil over it and that is what the recipe describes. Of course, that tiny fraction of oil has the volatiles in it that imparts the flavour and fragrance (and prevents rot which is why Vetiver leaf is superior to other grass mulch).
You’ve convinced me to give it a go though, if I can tear enough roots out. Cheers.