Tenina.com's Cherry Coke

Need

100 Gram coconut sugar
50 Gram pure maple syrup
3 cinnamon stick(s) broken into long pieces
1 each lemon, lime and orange, juice and rind
10 Gram fresh ginger peeled and sliced
1/2 Teaspoon fresh nutmeg grated
1/2 Teaspoon cloves
1/2 Teaspoon ground cardamom
1/2 Teaspoon ground ginger
3 star anise
1 Tablespoon black peppercorns
1 Cup pitted cherries, fresh or frozen
1 Teaspoon bitters
1 Teaspoon vanilla bean paste
1 Teaspoon almond extract
garnish of choice, citrus slices, mint leaves or maraschino, fresh cherries or all of them!

Place coconut sugar and maple syrup into the Thermomix bowl. Cook 8 min/Varoma/speed 2/splatter guard.
Add all remaining ingredients, except vanilla and almond extract. Cook 15 minVaroma/reverse/speed soft*. Let sit to infuse for 10 minutes.
Strain and cool. Discard bits. Stir through vanilla and almond extract.
Serve, over ice, diluted with sparkling water to taste.