Bitters Formulation Booklet

Take the guesswork out of making your own bitters formulations with this hand-illustrated, grab-and-go resource. A companion to the Herbal Bitters Mini Course, this 44-page, full-color Bitters Formulation Booklet is designed to support you as you begin developing your own recipes for herbal bitters, offering guidance and inspiration for your herb-crafting journey. Complete with helpful information about the bitter taste, summary tables of bitter herb characteristics, and formulation worksheets designed to walk you through the many aspects of blending with bitter herbs, this book is a handy resource for those wanting to make herbal bitters to incorporate into their daily lives.

The Bitters Formulation Booklet draws upon information from the Herbal Bitters Mini Course to provide a beautiful and useful go-to guide. It includes everything you need for crafting bitters blends with confidence and creativity in one place, including the taste profiles, phytochemical constituents, actions, energetics, and dosage of 31 common bitter herbs in the bitter materia medica, as well as 10 additional herbs that will harmonize your bitter blends. Within these pages, you’ll also discover guidance on choosing the right plants and preparation methods.

With this booklet by your side, our hope is that you’ll deepen your understanding of bitters, their place in herbalism, and their ability to support health. We encourage you to taste, experiment, and take notes as you build your skills and confidence in working with this truly incredible and supportive category of herbs!