Dry Gin Beccaris

“Cola Baladin” is a soft drinks which contains no coloring or preservative and is produced with the kola nuts bought from the Kola Slow Food Presidium” in Sierra Leone, and part of the revenues from the its sales will be donated to the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity to support the Presidium project. Another important and rather odd thing about this drink: the use of these nuts, and the necessary choice not to use artificial colorings, means that this new Baladin drink has a rather “unusual” color for a cola: IT’S RED! This red color sets it apart from more “commercial” products and makes it immediately clear that our intent is not only to make a profit: our drink is also a sign to show consumers that it often takes very little to play our part in supporting those who cannot even support themselves. Sierra Leone is one of the unfortunately too many African countries tormented by both political and economic wars and fights. Ours may be a niche production, but we believe it will help us give the word SUSTAINABILY its full and important meaning.

Its ingredients are simply water, natural brown sugar, lemon juice, carbon dioxide and the unmistakable infusion of herbs, zests of bitter and sweet oranges from Gargano PGI, spices and vanilla which give the drink its distinctive aroma and flavor. There is not ginger in the recipe.

A journey searching for the taste of times gone by. A taste that our memory has registered but has been hiding for a very long time. This is Cedrata Baladin. Just water, natural brown sugar, lemon juice, carbon dioxide and the infusion of Calabria citrons from Diamante, which give it all its aroma and flavor. Cedrata Baladin is produced with simple and selected ingredients and contains no colorings or preservatives.

Spuma Nera, or “dark Spuma” as it was once called, may be considered the “mother” of chinotto. We have chosen to go back to the traditional recipe, with a basis of chinotto (a myrtle-leaf orange drink), the red part of rhubarb roots and an orange zest infusion. Of course, no colorings or preservatives are added.

With his soft drinks, such as Cola, Teo has managed to refine and modernize “good old” tastes, interpreting them in a very innovative way. But it is Mela Zen that truly marks the beginning of pure experimentation. This is a small batch drink, made with the clear intention to get in contact with those who drink it to create a new taste together. The recipe contains apples and ginger, two excellent products of farming. Fresh, tasty, intriguing…