Umami is a spirit in a class of its own, designed for dry and savoury cocktails. Hand-picked Italian capers are distilled at low temperature, then blended with a parmesan extract and two other ingredients before being left to rest in an ex-cognac barrel.
Made from bitter blue oranges from the island of Curacao. Really? No. It's made from Laraha Fruit, which is like an orange, but smaller and with little to no sweetness. The spirit is dyed blue before bottling. No idea why.
This aniseed aperitif was invented in France by Jules Pernod as a relacement for the banned absinthe, and quickly became a massive successs in its own right. Serve diluted with ice-cold water.
Milder and sweeter than the famous Green Chartreuse, Yellow Chartreuse was introduced to the world in 1838. Its colour is entirely natural with no artificial flavours or preservatives. It, too, can be enjoyed neat or in a long drink.
Only two Chartreuse monks know the identity of the 130 plants, how to blend them & how to distill them into this world famous liqueur. They are also the only ones who know which plants they have to macerate to produce the natural green and yellow colours.
