Design by Maitane Romagosa
Health trends come and go, but few have been around since the time of the Babylonians. Despite a long and storied history, vinegar has recently been trending for something decidedly new: as a healthy alternative to soda. A viral TikTok shows a mixture of vinegar and seltzer water as a replacement for Coca Cola, a concoction deemed “healthy coke.” It’s just one piece of the vinegar’s trendy moment. (A glittery sherry cocktail is another.)
But vinegar’s life as a healthy-for-you drink or ingredient for cocktails, boozy and non, isn’t new.
The switchel, otherwise known as Haymaker’s