Elderflower, meadowsweet
Grower
Ebbor Estate team
Place
Somerset · England · 51°13′N 2°41′W
Harvest
May 2026
After harvest
Stabilised on the day of picking
Why we selected it
Picked and stabilised the same morning.
May 2026
Botanical Year · Composition 05 · specimen edition
Elderflower. Meadowsweet. Lemon Verbena.
The shortest window of the year, and the most fragrant.
17 botanicals · Thirty measured serves · Made in Somerset
The composition
Elderflower gives us a fortnight at most before the aroma turns. May is built around that window and around the meadow herbs that come with it.
Taste
Floral and long, drying to a fine bitterness.
Serve
25ml over ice, topped with chilled still water.
All 17 botanicals
Elderflower · Meadowsweet · Lemon Verbena
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.
Lemon verbena
Grower
Léa B.
Place
Cap Corse, Corsica · 42°58′N 9°26′E
Harvest
May 2026
After harvest
Stabilised on the day of picking
The finished composition
The measured compounds in this month's edition.
Total quantified phenolics*
147 mg
Rutin*
7.4 mg
Verbascoside*
5.6 mg
Salicylates*
3.1 mg
Vitamin C*
24 mg · 30% NRV
Botanical fruit
Biotin*
15 μg · 30% NRV
Fermentation
Riboflavin*
0.42 mg · 30% NRV
Fermentation
Specimen analytical values · per daily pour. · Batch 05/26. 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.