It's one of the easiest and tasiest drinks to make at home - but first you'll need to forage a key ingredient.

and a mournful blackthorn bead’. A branched shrub of sea buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides L.) is a valuable medicinal plant. Its harvest season usually falls in late August, September and October.

You'll achieve year-round interest in the form of berries and seeds ... They'll love any white or cream coloured flowers so blackthorn blossom is a perfect addition to the menu.