HOW TO MAKE A SHRUB - the vinegar drink that keeps me going

Ingredients

• 200g cherries, pitted, de-stemmed and halved
• 100g brown sugar/honey or raw sugar
• 1 cinnamon quill
• dash of vanilla or a pod (you could use it again)
• 1 star anise
• 1 small mukrut lime leaf
• a few sprigs of thyme or a bay leaf
• 250ml red wine vinegar or brown rice vinegar or ACV
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar if you're fancy