Store in the freezer until you are ready to use. Mix approximately one half of the contents with water in a one gallon pitcher. Keep the pitcher in the refrigerator, and store the container in either the freezer or the frig until you are ready to mix more. It is easier than making OJ or coffee. Sweet cherries are grown primarily for fresh eating.
Tart cherries have a distinctive, bright red color.
In fact, the same compounds that give tarts their color contain the antioxidant properties that researchers are investigating. While sweet cherries are grown in several parts of the country, tarts are grown primarily in northwestern Michigan. Tart cherries have a distinctive, bright red color. Michigan has 3.8 million tart cherry trees. All of the recent research into the health benefits of cherries is referring to tart cherries.