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by abakker 3416 days ago
I don't, other than to say that experimentation is easy - I bought my ultrasonic off of eBay. (bigger is better), makes the device more useful.

I use small spice jars for making my batches, and woody things last longer than squishy ones. i.e. orange rind dried is lasts longer than orange rind fresh. However, fresh orange rind gives a different taste and is cool if you're doing a cocktail night, or something. You can do things that you can't do any other way like this.

Cloves, Sassafras root, ginger, juniper berries, rosemary, lavender, sage. All have great effect.

Also, Ultrasonic makes EXCELLENT sangria. This is the only way to do sangria, IMO.

You can either use bitters to add to sangria, or just put wine and other things directly into the ultrasonic and infuse that way. It works great with herbs. For fruits, you should really just use the juice or crush them with a mortar and pestle. Any fruit soaking in the sangria is purely for show. IMO, all sangria should have sage in it. Sassafras in small quantities makes cheap red wine taste about 2 shelves better. YMMV.

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Can you share the instructions and ingredients for your sangria?

Also, you said bigger is better. What size/volume would you recommend?

Is there any brand of ultrasonic cleaner that is most recommended or are they basically all the same?

If I were doing it again, I'd get one of these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-6L-Ultrasonic-Cleaner-Stainless-...

I have a 1.5L one now and it is constantly too small for my jobs. I'd like to see how it does at vacuum sealed meat, prior to sous vide, also.

What ultrasound thing should I search for? A quick attempt turned up strange skincare and aromatherapy products.