This is my man Uzi. He’s a Yeminite medicine man who makes bitchin’ brews. His shop is in the middle aisle of the Mahane Yehuda shuk. Beyond the etrog juice and various love tonics mentioned in this article, Uzi also makes a mean ghat extract which all the bachurim swill to stay awake in the beit midrash.
Uzi’s great. He’s the kind of unexpected character who’ll drag you in the back of his shop and give you a shoulder rub while leading you on a guided meditation and doing freaky voodoish stuff like chanting and whipping you with feathers. He’ll then spray your face with citrus extract and have you do shooters of half-a-dozen different potions. Then he’ll have you draw a picture off the top of your head and break down your entire spiritual perspective to a perfect T.
The man’s a total trip, and a sweetheart, not to mention one hell of a juiciér. Props to him on the recognition.