Posca: An Ancient Roman Drink 

2:42 to 3:10 about Roman soldiers giving Jesus something to drink, nope, they certainly did _not_ want to, as you put it, lessen his misery, on the contrary, they gave him posca … with a sponge on a stick. Which was the very tool people used what we use toilet paper for today. And do not forget the tag on his cross, the infamous INRI, for “Jesus of Nazareth, king of the Jews”, so you have to envision this: They gave a drink of the low classes to somebody they mocked as “king”, and of all things, on a device used to clean yourself after defecation. Combine this with the other things they did to him (like the crown of thorns), and you get a sense that they just humiliated Jesus Christ as much as they possibly could. I guess some low quality posca was just something they had at hand, so they used that.

Excellent going here! Not enough people know about Posca. It is also a nice precaution for questionable water sources, where they say: "DON'T DRINK THE WATER!" Speaking from experience... I would do it (is how I do it) by mixing the herbs into the vinegar to soak for at least a number of days for the vinegar to absorb the tastes. Then this is mixed in water for the posca, or even used as a condiment with meals.

I am drinking it now it’s like soda satisfies thirst and makes you want more

I love it. It's nice to hear all the different references to it from history. It's also very nice to see you make it yourself and test it.

It's awesome, can't wait for more! Posca seems to be very useful drink. I hope to see more of uncommon, ancient potions or maybe meals. ;)

This deserves more views. Keep uploading! One day your channel will be on the same level as Max Miller or Townsands.

Trying with just water, redwine vinegar, and a little sugar it kinda tastes like kombucha

A simple and healthful drink is water, a bit of non-distilled apple cider vinegar, and some sweetener. It gives a good boost, and is fairly economical to prepare. I've noticed that adding ginger, turmeric, and black pepper helps with inflammation as well, and the taste is not really that objectionable, but it is not fantastic. Cinnamon and/or ginger is actually quite good with the sweetener and water. Just a wee tip. Nice video, and I like your "pinch of history" gaff. I thought it was humorous. Very informative video! Thanks for sharing!

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Great video, as usual! I like that you actually tried making it yourself rather than just discussing it. If you're interested in suggestions, I'd like to see some Egyptian topics, especially the everyday people, what they ate, what they wore, or how they were paid in bread and beer. Medieval history will always hook me in too. Serfdom, farming tools, living conditions, honestly anything like that! The working class are just as interesting to me as the elites

I have been tweaking my own posca, 3 parts water one part red wine vinegar, 1/4 cup sugar, a lime wedge, orange slices with peels, small half tsp of soy sauce, one anise star , two cloves. Shake well, refrigerate over night. Filter/ strain as desired.

Never heard of this beverage so it's cool to learn something new. i hope to catch more of these ancient culinary videos in the future

A few tablespoons of honey is very nice in posca, I use , wine vinegar, honey, sometimes I make a tea of hibiscus into which I put Bay leaves and ginger but usually only water, vinegar, honey and lemon juice.

Very cool, ty

Interesting piece of history, well presented, thank you 😊

You're a inventive and brave man. Thank you for this culinary video. Love from Liz and Ginger in Australia.

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Conan, what is good in life? To crush your coriander and see your posca drunk in front of you.

Since i came about Posca i drink it regularly. It is the kind of drink you have "to get used to". But If you for example like Salat dressings with yeast and oil, you will get to it fairly quickly. I read in the Internet that a good ratio is about 5 parts Water, 1 part yeast. Also i tried mixing honey in it. Works really well. You can drink it at any temperature, but i like it the most when its cooled or room temperature. Its really simple, yet genius. Its not bad for your stomach, since it just has the sourness of the yeast which is somewhat similar to your stomach acid taht is there anyway. I love posca and im glad to have encountered it. Very nice Video by the way.

Another interesting video. For the past year I've been making an after-dinner drink of 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar, 1 tablespoon lemon juice added to a 16 ounce mug of sparkling water. It is quite refreshing. Dr. Jason Fung and Dr. Berg have videos discussing its health benefits. Studies show that drinking vinegar water after a meal reduces the blood sugar spike but they don't know why yet.

Great channel. I hope you do some more videos some time.

Greek, and Roman wine was already somewhere between wine, and vinegar since they didn’t have anything close to the wine making techniques the French later innovated. But, the Romans would sometimes toast some barley or pine nuts, and strain the wine through it to filter out the more vinegary notes. So, they probably did the same with posca. I’d be surprised if they also didn’t mix in a little honey to counter the vinegar.

Very good video, thank you.

Good video chap

Hallo from Greece!!!

I know how to make this but is not cold drink ,my grand mother made it often ! Set water on fire then u put whole dry chillies in to boil then coriander and black pepper (not crush it) then garlic and salt then vinegar but allways when added small portion and take to taste added untill is good for drink also u can add olive oil and eat with bread , cocked until dry chillie become soft and relise theyr sap !

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Thank you for the no bull shit video. The 2 million views video was full of advertisements. im glad i closed it and came here.

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If you use balsamic vinegar , it might taste pretty good , depending . I have tasted some from Italy , and they were almost like a desert , some not so much .

Thank you

I'll take the tea 🍵

the end was funny. I think I added too much vinegar... I think it would be my drink of choice on ancient campaigns. Honestly the ratio should be looked up as even at 1 to 15 parts the taste of red wine vinegar is still very noticable that is maybe 0.4% acetic acid. However in comparing this with Kombucha it has about the same profile. Something that should be looked at in more detail. I plan on looking for the ancient composition but I suspect that for this to actually be antiseptic or antibacterial it would need to be stronger acid content, the acid content vinegar content probably has to be quite high for it to cleanse the water, I also wonder if this ratio is the same as they would use for their sponge water for sanitary use. This is something I am currently researching a bit. The plain dilution actually had me think of using pickle juice for sports hydration and would ofset the stomach and lactic acid buildup in endurance activities. Jogging a bit this morning I found that I had a lot more energy to start the day with drinking this instead of my second cup of coffee. None the less the red wine vinegar also has antioxidants and resirvitol as Red wine does and other beneficial elements. Something to look into more for sure.

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You think it’s an ancient drink? Maybe you lived in the city your whole life? I can go, right now, to my farm stand and get cider with vinegar. In Maine, in a little old fashioned restaurant they served a ‘folk’ drink called thrush, blackberry juice with water and vinegar. Wasn’t coriander a bit costly or did they import seeds and grow it? Vinegar is a digestive aid.

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I always add too much vinegar. The trick is to put 1/3 of vinegar and 2/3 of water.

where is the myrrh and frankensense...

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No honey?

Mmm, tastes like chite.

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It "might be this" and it "might be that" ......I dont believe a single word of history anymore. You simply CANT keep making this stuff up as you go! The world is starting to wake up