
Ume No Hana - Ellen Zachos
Ellen Zachos, who has worked with us on The Botanist for several years, gives us an interesting recipe using vodka from her book, The Wildcrafted Cocktail
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Limonene
Martini, Negroni, the Tom Collins and many of the most popular classic cocktails all contain Limonene - a hydrocarbon in the terpenes group.
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How to make foraged gin in three minutes
One of my favourite things about making foraged gin drinks from locally found ingredients is that you can design drinks that represent a moment in time.
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Wild mint – mentha longifolia
As there are three different types of wild mint in the 22 foraged botanicals found in the The Botanist Gin
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Osyris compressa
Osyris compressa, a hardy shrub indigenous to South Africa, whose wild, dark purple berries can be gathered almost all year round.
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How to make Alexanders bitters -W/ Video
The Romans can't have travelled light as it often seems they bought much of the naturalised flora and fauna to the UK and Alexanders bitters is no exception.
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The Botanist Foraged Cocktail Competition - Japan
The Botanist Japan held its first foraged cocktail competition, comprising a host of bartenders from across Tokyo.
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Foraged Tonic Water - The Graveyard B&T
Why mix your artisanal, foraged gin with mass-produced tonic water? Make your own tonic water with everyday plants...
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Carbonated Wild Botanical Iced Tea
The carbonated Iced Tea can be used as a base recipe for making foraged sodas, no matter what the ingredients or season you may be playing with!
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Water Pepper Infused Botanist
For an unexpected hit of Scottish spice, I was introduced by foraging guru Mark Williams to Water Pepper (Polygonum hydropiper).
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Rose Hip Syrup
Rose hip is abundant at this time of year. Some books say that they are best left until they have been shrivelled by the first frost of winter, but we have been making delicious syrup on warm September evenings.
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