Mors

Mors is a traditional Russian and East-Slavic berry drink made by crushing tart wild berries — classically lingonberry or cranberry — and combining their juice with water and a sweetener of sugar or honey. The result is a cool, deeply ruby-red, sweet-and-sour beverage, non-alcoholic and refreshing, that has been a fixture of the Russian household for centuries. It is one of the oldest documented Slavic soft drinks, named in the sixteenth-century household manual Domostroy. Tart, vivid and only lightly sweet, it is served chilled in summer and warm in winter.