Shrubs and fruit vinegars!

I’ve been making tomato shrub. Most recipes call for macerating the tomato, and maybe pepper with sugar, and the celery, or basil with vinegar. Does anyone know why the basil or celery leaves can’t go in with the tomato and sugar?

Tomato with celery. Same recipe as the one in Shrubs: An Old-Fashioned Drink for Modern Times (Second Edition) by Michael Dietsch and Paul Clarke.

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