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Botanical waters for a finishing touch, an alcohol-free base for tonic, or a craft syrup to mix with soda or milk. Start with the style of drink you want: crisp with dinner, aromatic before a meal, or rich enough for a quiet afternoon.
Feature: Shinagawa Water Distillery × Arduenna→Shinagawa, Tokyo
Treat aroma as an ingredient.
Shinagawa Water Distillery in Tokyo makes aromatic waters that let you season a drink with botanical fragrance. A little kuromoji, aomoji or mizunara can change the aroma of soda or tonic without turning the recipe into a complicated cocktail. Follow each bottle’s serving instructions and compare the drink before and after adding it. The Japanese Tonic Syrup is a different ingredient: it brings sweetness and bitterness as well as aroma.
Kuromoji and aburachan, aromatic Japanese trees, contribute a woody fragrance. Try a small addition to soda and notice the aroma before tasting. A sweet-smelling note is different from sugar sweetness.
With soda or tonic. 5–10ml per glass
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Aomoji brings a light, citrus-like fragrance. Use it as an aromatic accent in soda or tonic, exploring a different effect from a squeeze of citrus juice.
With soda or tonic, or into a gimlet
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Mizunara is Japanese oak, also known for its use in whisky casks. This aromatic water adds a woody finishing note to drinks. Follow the serving guidance, add a small amount at the end and compare the aroma.
Add 15 ml to 90 ml of soda as a finishing layer, then mix gently.
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Japanese Tonic Syrup combines kuromoji aroma, quassia and bitter orange bitterness, and Meyer lemon acidity. Developed under the supervision of mixologist Shuzo Nagumo, it makes a bittersweet soda serve as well as a cocktail ingredient.
15ml syrup, 90ml soda. Add gin and it is a gin and tonic
Product details →The Ardennes, Belgium
A botanical serve from the Belgian Ardennes.
Arduenna No Alcohol brings together fir, mirabelle plum and elderflower at 0.0% ABV. Start with a tonic serve to explore the combination of woody, fruit and floral notes. For a drink with dinner, adjust the mixer to suit the food: its sweetness and proportion will shape the finished glass.
Fir, mirabelle—a small yellow plum—and elderflower form the botanical profile. At 0.0% ABV, it is a base for tonic serves and alcohol-free cocktails.
With tonic, or as a mocktail base
Product details →U-Products, Japan
Craft syrups for your home drinks shelf.
Japanese maker U Products offers concentrated syrups built around cola spices, cacao chai, citrus, flowers and ginger. Mix with the suggested soda, milk or tea, then adjust the concentration to taste. The illustrated labels bring a story to the shelf; the flavour is yours to build into a drink.
A spiced craft cola syrup. Mix with soda and try it alongside a savoury snack or a casual weekend meal.
1:4 with soda
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Cacao layered with chai spices. Mix with milk for an aromatic afternoon drink, with biscuits alongside if you like.
1:4 with milk
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Citrus and herbs in a syrup made for experimenting with soda. Start lightly and adjust the concentration to taste.
1:4 with soda
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A floral syrup to try with soda or a small addition to unsweetened black tea.
With soda, or unsweetened tea
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A craft cola with gold-coloured flecks. Mix the syrup as directed on the label before adding soda; do not shake the finished carbonated drink.
1:4 with soda. Shake first
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A ginger syrup with a distinct spicy edge. Serve with cold soda or hot water, adjusting the dilution to suit the occasion.
1:4 with soda; hot water in winter
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