Where fire meets function
Raw apple cider vinegar, slow-steeped for weeks with ginger, garlic, turmeric, and jalapeño. It bites back and you'll want it to. Zero sugar, zero caffeine, zero apologies.
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Raw ACV with the Mother
Every bottle starts with raw apple cider vinegar that still carries the mother, the live culture commercial shots filter out. Tangy, cloudy, and alive. That living tang is the backbone every other whole ingredient steeps into, and why the label says shake well.
Jalapeño + Ginger
No caffeine, ever. The wake-up is the heat itself: fresh jalapeño and ginger root, steeped for weeks until every spoonful carries a warmth you feel the moment it hits. Nothing to pay back at 2 PM.
Crushed Garlic Allicin
Crush raw garlic and it releases allicin, the sharp, unmistakable bite garlic is famous for. We crush and steep it immediately in raw ACV, so that pungency lands in the bottle at full strength instead of fading on a shelf.
Whole Turmeric Root
We steep fresh turmeric root whole, never powdered. Steeping the whole root keeps its deep, earthy bitterness bright and layered, the kind of depth you can't fake with a dusting of spice.
Citrus + Aromatics
Most tonics are a chore to drink. We slow-steep lemon, ginger, rosemary, mint, star anise, and cloves until the heat, citrus, and herbs actually balance. Zesty first, warm after, never flat, the reason Flare tastes like something you'd reach for, not get through.
We made the shot worth taking
Fire cider is an old folk tonic. We didn't invent it, and we're not here to lecture you about it. We just refused to keep drinking it the way everyone else makes it: harsh, one-note, and choked down with a chaser like a punishment.
For years the two of us took raw apple cider vinegar for what it does, and hated every second of it, chasing every shot with water and lemon so we wouldn’t taste it. So we started steeping. Ginger, garlic, turmeric, jalapeño, and aromatics, slow-steeped for weeks in our Brantford kitchen until the heat, the citrus, and the herbs actually balanced.
The result is Flare: three blends loud enough that you notice and good enough that the shot stopped being a chore. No sugar to hide behind, no watered-down "wellness" nonsense. Just raw cider vinegar with the mother, real ingredients, and a genuine kick.
It ran under a Latin title with a nickname about four thieves, it called for thirteen plants steeped in vinegar for twelve days, and five of those plants are in a bottle of ours right now. We went and read the actual page, so you can see what we kept and what we left behind.
Read the pageOne or two teaspoons is the whole shot, taken before you eat, straight off the spoon or stirred into water if you'd rather ease in. A 236 mL bottle lasts about a month. Shake it first, it settles.
That is the whole serving
Straight, or in still or sparkling water
Drizzle on salads or dishes for extra flavor and spice
Three small-batch blends / 236ml jar / 24-48 servings
Our foundational recipe. Bold, spicy, earthy, and herbal: eight whole ingredients steeped for weeks in raw apple cider vinegar.
Intense, earthy, and fiery. Extra jalapeño with cinnamon and clove warmth: the sharpest kick in the lineup, no caffeine required.
Bright, aromatic, and citrus-forward. Lemon, mint, and star anise over a base of ginger heat: the gentlest way into fire cider.
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One box, every blend. Cheaper than singles, and the six-pack unlocks another 10% off at checkout.
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One of each — the whole range
All three blends, one bottle each. The no-wrong-answer way in: taste the full spread from the gentle citrus of Floral Fire to the full send of Deep Heat, then find your standing order.
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Six bottles — two of each
Two bottles of every blend. Clears the $100 line, so the 10% volume discount stacks on top of the bundle price. This is the "I run out and hate it" insurance policy.
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Flare is at farmers' markets on weekends. Come try all three blends before a bottle changes hands. Reach out any time and we'll let you know where we'll be pouring next.
Weekend markets, rotating locations
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Find us in person
The best way to meet Flare is a sample cup and a chat at the stall. Here's where to find us.
139 Silver St, Paris, ON
The 168th Paris Fair, over the Labour Day weekend. All three blends, and samples poured.
79 Icomm Dr, Brantford, ON
Runs year-round. We are working on a stall here — dates not booked yet.
Legion Br. 551, 79 Hamilton St N, Waterdown, ON
Seasonal, late May to mid-October, in the Legion front lot. Stall not booked yet.
Interested in farmers' market pick-up or wholesale? Let's chat.
