Young nettle, gorse flower
Grower
Ebbor Estate team
Place
Somerset · England · 51°13′N 2°41′W
Harvest
April 2026
After harvest
Stabilised on the day of picking
April 2026
Botanical Year · Composition 04 · specimen edition
Young Nettle. Birch Leaf. Gorse Flower.
Hedgerows fill in a fortnight. The composition follows them.
15 botanicals · Thirty measured serves · Made in Somerset
The composition
April moves quickly. Nettle, cleavers and young birch leaf arrive within days of one another, and the window for each is narrow.
Taste
Clean and short, with a green mineral tail.
Serve
25ml over ice, topped with chilled still water.
All 15 botanicals
Young Nettle · Birch Leaf · Gorse Flower
The plants
Meet the plants that shape August.
Every harvest is documented and assessed. We select leading plants for deeper analysis, particularly when a new cultivar, grower or harvest enters the Estate. After making, we analyse the finished edition again — so the amounts we publish describe what is present in your daily pour, not merely what was present in the field.
Birch leaf
Grower
Matti K.
Place
Lapland, Finland · 67°50′N 24°49′E
Harvest
April 2026
After harvest
Stabilised on the day of picking
Why we selected it
First flush, gathered as the sap rose.
The finished composition
The measured compounds in this month's edition.
Total quantified phenolics*
121 mg
Rutin*
5.2 mg
Betulin*
1.4 mg
Chlorogenic acid*
6.1 mg
Vitamin C*
24 mg · 30% NRV
Botanical fruit
Folate*
60 μg · 30% NRV
Fermentation
Biotin*
15 μg · 30% NRV
Fermentation
Specimen analytical values · per daily pour. · Batch 04/26. Nutrient amounts are stated per daily pour, with % NRV. Any nutrition or health claim we make elsewhere uses wording from the current Great Britain register and the amount actually provided by the serving.