🌹 OPEN HEART TONIC

Love Without the Lies. Soft Without the Weak

📂 Category: AwakeWellness – Conscious Cocktail Bar

🔸 Drink Type: 🧠 Mind + Mood Mixes

🍹 Name: Open Heart Tonic

🧠 Truth Trigger:  “The system hardens us. This brings us back.”

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💗  Why This Drink Exists:

We were trained to protect ourselves—
To armour up. To close off.
But the real flex? Is staying open.

This tonic uses nature’s most powerful heart allies to gently shift your state into one of grounded connection—no fake sweetness required.

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🔪Prep Time: 3 minutes

⌛ Sleep Time: 10-15 minutes

⏱️ Total Time: ~15-18 minutes

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🌸  Ingredients (makes 2 servings):

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• 1 tsp dried rose petals 🌹

• ½ tsp schisandra berry powder (or 6 dried berries) ✨

• 1½ cups hot water

• 1 tbsp raw honey 🍯

• Juice of ½ lemon 🍋

• Optional: 1–2 drops food-grade rose water or rose extract
  • amplifies the heart field

• Optional: pinch of sea salt
  • enhances electrolyte absorption

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🫖 Instructions:

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1️⃣ Infuse the heart.

Steep rose petals and schisandra berries (or powder) in hot water for 10–15 minutes. Strain carefully.

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2️⃣ Stir in sweetness + spark.

Add honey, lemon juice, and rose extract if using. Stir gently. Taste and adjust.

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3️⃣ Serve warm or chilled.

Pour into your favourite glass or mug. Garnish with a single rose petal or lemon twist if you’re feeling romantic.

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🥃 Optional Spirit Pairing

(if you’re choosing to spike it)

This tonic opens the heart on its own—no enhancements needed.

But if you’re sipping with someone you love (or want to), here’s how to pair it with intention.

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🧪 Best paired with:

• 🌿 A floral-forward gin (like cucumber, rose, or lavender)

• 🍯 A light honey whisky or vanilla bourbon

• 🫐 A botanical vodka with wild berry or hibiscus notes

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⚠️ Alcohol may dampen some of the drink’s functional benefits—especially hydration and electrolyte retention. But hey… we’re not your parents. We trust you to sip like a sovereign.

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📏 Suggested Pour (for 2 servings):

• Add 1½–2 oz total (¾–1 oz per glass) of your chosen spirit after steeping and straining, and before stirring in honey and lemon.

• If your spirit is sweet, ease up slightly on the honey.

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Conscious mixology isn’t about numbing out—it’s about waking up the heart, even with a splash of gin.

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🌿 Did You Know?

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🌹 Rose works on the emotional body, helping to dissolve grief, fear, and heart armour.

🫐 Schisandra is an adaptogen used for clarity, energy, and emotional resilience.

🍯 Raw honey contains enzymes and natural compounds that regulate mood and stabilize blood sugar.

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💬 Closing Vibe:

Let this one be a ritual.
Not to escape the world—but to face it fully open.

It’s not just a drink. It’s emotional alchemy in a glass.

And you, brave soul, are ready for it.