PURPOSE: To make it possible to buffer mutually irritant smell of acetic acid and irritant acid taste contained in edible vinegar and offensive odor of an extract component of a crude drug, folk medicine and medicical fruit and retain the drum effect by the extract component, by incorporating the above-mentioned extract component in the edible vinegar.

CONSTITUTION: An extract component of a crude drug, folk medicine or medicinal fruit is extracted or dissolved out with edible vinegar as a solvent, and the extract solution of eluted solution containing the extract component is allowed to stand and aged. Thus, the aimed vinegar drink capable of mutually buffering irritant smell and irritant acid taste of acetic acid contained in the edible vinegar and the offensive odor of the above-mentioned extract component and retaining the drug effect by the above-mentioned extract component is produced. The image of the drink as a health drink can be improved by reducing calories due to no necessity of adding a glucide nor other sweeteners thereto.