Matawi Mead: Great for your Palate and the Planet

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Autumn

Cosmopollen (serves 2)

  • Ingredients: 
    • 1 shot glass Matawi Honey Gin (30ml)
    • ½ shot glass Matawi Citrus Mead Mixer
    • 1 shot glass cranberry juice (30ml)
    • 2 teaspoons lime/lemon juice, freshly-squeezed
    • Lime/lemon rind
    • Ice

 

  • Preparation: 
    • In a cocktail shaker with cracked ice, vigorously blend together all the ingredients (except the lime/lemon rind). Rub the lime/lemon rind onto the rims of 2 chilled martini glasses to release oils. Strain the cosmopollen into these glasses and drop in the rind – enjoy!

 

Vanilla Hive (serves 2)

  • Ingredients: 
    • 1 shot glass Matawi Honey Gin (30ml)
    • 1 shot glass Matawi Citrus Mead Mixer (30ml)
    • ½ Passion fruit/granadilla juice, preferably fresh
    • 1 Vanilla pod
    • Ice
    • Melaurea Mead Methode Traditionelle

 

  • Preparation: 
    • Split and scrape out the vanilla beans from the pod, tapping into the fresh granadilla/passion fruit. Scoop out fruit and vanilla into a cocktail shaker, adding some cracked ice and all other ingredients (except Melaurea). Shake vigorously, straining equally into chilled champagne flutes (midway). Top with ice-cold Melaurea – enjoy!

Matawi Nelly

  • Ingredients: 
    • ½ shot glass Matawi Honey Gin (15ml)
    • 2 shot glasses Grapefruit Cordial (60ml)
    • 1-2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice (5-10ml)
    • 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed grapefruit juice

 

  • Preparation: 
    • Vigorously shake all the ingredients In a cocktail shaker with cracked ice. Strain into a chilled champagne flute – enjoy!

 

Chilled Mead Cider (serves 4)

  • Ingredients: 
    • 1 shot glasses of Matawi Honey Gin (30ml)
    • 1 shot glasses of Matawi Honey Liqueur (30ml)
    • Dash bitters
    • A glass of apple juice, preferably cloudy/freshly squeezed (250ml)
    • A glass of soda water (250ml)
    • Ice
    • Ground cinnamon
    • Thin apple slices to garnish
  • Preparation: 
    • Vigorously shake the ingredients (excluding the garnish) in a cocktail shaker with cracked ice. Strain into chilled glasses, garnishing with cinnamon-dusted apple slices.

Granadilla Meadjito  (serves 2)

  • Ingredients: 
    • 1 shot glass of Matawi Honey Gin (30ml)
    • ½ Granadilla
    • Crushed ice 
    • Dash of grated and strained ginger (ginger essence) (less than 1/2 teaspoon)
    • Soda water (eyeball) 
    • Tonic water (eyeball)
    • 1-2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice (5-10ml)
    • Dash Honey (as desired)
    • Mint leaves
  • Preparation: 
    • Vigorously combine the Matawi Honey Gin, lemon juice, honey, a few sprigs of mint, and passion fruit in a cocktail shaker with cracked ice, muddling until the mint and passion-fruit are well pulped. Pour cocktail into 2 chilled tall glasses/honey jars with crushed ice, filling to ¾. Top, with tonic and soda water and garnish with mint – enjoy!