Orchard No.1
Damson · Quince · Hawthorn
Available now · Delivered within 10 days
The first composition drawn wholly from British farms and hedgerows: orchard damsons and quince from the orchard, hawthorn from the hedgerow.
Available now
Orchard No.1
Made in Somerset
- Opened
- 1 September
- Closes
- 31 December
- Delivery
- Within 10 days
- Editions this harvest can make
- 240
Made by hand on our farm in Somerset.
Research this edition
Explore its plants and the compounds recorded in its Plant Passport.
240 editions can be made from this harvest. When they are committed, the allocation closes.
Orchard No.1
£33 per edition · 500ml · 20 serves
Delivery included on three editions.
Paid in full when you buy.
Limited by this harvest. The options above do not hold editions or take payment. An allocation will be confirmed only after checkout and payment.
In photographs
The harvest, the farm and the edition.
The place
Home Farm · Somerset
Below Ebbor Gorge, a temperate patchwork of orchard, hedgerow and meadow gives the estate's damsons, quince and hedgerow hawthorn their depth of flavour. Ebbor began here because the short distance from harvest to the barn allows delicate aromas to be handled without delay.
Meet the people and place behind this edition →The palate
Damson
Deep damson skin, dark fruit and a clean tart spine.
Quince
Honeyed apple-and-pear perfume with a warm amber note.
Hawthorn
Soft hedgerow fruit and a gentle, drying finish.
Deep, tart, orchard-ripe. Damson skin, honeyed quince. Hedgerow hawthorn, gentle and drying.
How to pour it.
Over ice, lengthened with sparkling water. Damson comes first; quince carries the middle and hawthorn keeps the finish gentle.
The Ebbor Serve →
The plants
Why these plants matter.
Damson
Deep damson skin, dark fruit and a clean tart spine.
An old orchard fruit left largely to hedgerows and field boundaries—small, deep-skinned and intensely tart where a plum is mild. Damsons carry their colour and much of their flavour in the skin, so we seek fruit fully ripe, when both are most expressive.
Quince
Honeyed apple-and-pear perfume with a warm amber note.
A fruit almost never eaten raw. Pressed, its pale flesh turns deep amber and gives a perfume of apple, pear and spice. Those aromatics are easily lost with delay, which is why the fruit is handled quickly.
Hawthorn
Soft hedgerow fruit and a gentle, drying finish.
The hedgerow tree of every English field boundary. Its berries have a mild, apple-like character and are gathered by hand from the hedgerow rather than grown in rows.
Plant Passport
Its Passport arrives with the edition.
Each edition is packaged in a protective pouch, labelled in your name and accompanied by a Plant Passport for that harvest.
A sealed pouch from each release is independently analysed after composition. The Passport records the plants, provenance and selected compounds measured in that release.
What is a Plant Passport? →Other editions
Customers also purchased
Available now
Hedgerow No.1
Made in Somerset
Rosehip · Elderberry · Bilberry
£33
Reservations open
Arctic No.1
SWEDEN
Cloudberry · Bilberry · Lingonberry
£33
Reservations open
Calabria No.1
CALABRIA · ITALY
Bergamot · Prickly pear · Pomegranate
£33
Opens soon
Ladakh No.1
Ladakh · India
To be confirmed
£33
Opens soon
Chiloé No.1
Chiloé · Chile
To be confirmed
£33