What do density and diversity mean?

Density describes the concentration of a particular nutrient or plant compound. Diversity describes the range of different compounds present. We pay attention to both.

Why does the variety matter?

Different varieties of the same plant can have different chemical profiles. Knowing the variety gives us a more useful starting point than the crop name alone.

Why combine several plants?

Each brings its own flavour and chemistry. We compose them together to create a distinctive edition, then measure the finished result.

Where can I explore the ingredients?

The Plant Library introduces the plants behind our editions, their origins and the chemistry that makes them interesting.

A field guide

Same plant. Different potential.

Two berries can look alike and weigh the same, yet contain very different amounts of the same compound.

What matters is inside: how much a plant carries, and the range of compounds it brings.

Density. Diversity.

Density

How much in every gram.

Plants contain vitamins, minerals and a wider chemistry of polyphenols, pigments, acids and aromatics.

Their concentrations vary. One variety may carry considerably more of a particular compound than another. There is no single plant that leads on everything.

We look for the distinctive strengths of each.

Variety. Place. Moment.

The variety sets the starting point. The place and growing conditions help shape its chemistry. The moment of harvest changes it again.

That is why we look beyond the name of a fruit. We want to know which variety, grown where, and picked when.

The same questions guide what we grow in Somerset and what we seek further afield.

Diversity

How much of the picture?

An anthocyanin gives a berry its colour. An aromatic compound helps give a herb its scent. Each is one part of a much wider chemistry.

Different plants bring different combinations. Even two plants with similar amounts of total polyphenols can have different profiles.

A single headline number cannot describe them both.

Several plants. One edition.

We compose each Ebbor edition from several plant ingredients, chosen for flavour and chemistry.

We consider what each brings to the blend: its concentration of particular compounds, its wider profile and how it tastes alongside the others.

No added vitamins or minerals. No isolated compounds. No standardised extracts.

Why we don't fortify.

The bottle is what counts

The bottle is what counts.

Selection is the beginning. Processing and storage can change a plant's chemistry.

We handle each ingredient carefully, with attention to temperature, oxygen and time.

Independent analysis of representative finished samples is in preparation. The Plant Passport will show the compounds measured and their amounts per 25 ml serving.

How we measure.

Explore more plants

Explore more plants.

Every plant ingredient in your bottle earns one Plant Point when you log it.

Plant Points count the plants you explore. The Plant Passport records the chemistry measured in the finished drink.

Explore Plant Points.

Questions

What do density and diversity mean?: Density describes the concentration of a particular nutrient or plant compound. Diversity describes the range of different compounds present. We pay attention to both.
Why does the variety matter?: Different varieties of the same plant can have different chemical profiles. Knowing the variety gives us a more useful starting point than the crop name alone.
Why combine several plants?: Each brings its own flavour and chemistry. We compose them together to create a distinctive edition, then measure the finished result.
Where can I explore the ingredients?: The Plant Library introduces the plants behind our editions, their origins and the chemistry that makes them interesting.

Explore the Plant Library.