The Street Easy came up with the idea for the Heirloom Spritz when left with a large amount of tomato offcuts from making summer salads and they wanted to reduce waste. A horseradish flavour begins to develop and you get a delicate taste of summer grass clippings A vegetal character finish with notes of cucumber. Axia is a premium, 40% ABV spirit distilled from the resin of the Mastiha tree, a gnarled and twisted evergreen found clutching to the hillsides of Chios, Greece. Cultivated in groves on the “Snake Island ” of Chios, these trees are milked of their resin which dries, hanging like crystal teardrops, before being harvested.

With less calories per serve than vodka and gin, Axia keeps the unique characteristics of mastiha, but with additional velvety flavour notes of bergamot and cypress.Information and statements about products are not intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition. Axia is a refreshing, extra-dry Mastiha spirit that mixes ancient tradition with provocative new ideas and processes.

With 30% less calories per serve than Vodka, it has a crisp, resinous flavour of Mediterranean cypress with notes of rose, citrus and bergamot.The tears are washed three times and either packaged as is, ground into powder, or converted into mastic oil.

Axia Spirit was founded by Adrian Clarke, a Bacardi clan member, a long-time beverage company investor and entrepreneur, and Nikos Kalogiannis, a distiller and well-known Ouzo producer. In the event of any safety concerns or for any other information about a product please carefully read any instructions provided on the label or packaging and contact the manufacturer. In a centuries-old, artisanal tradition, the sap is milked from the tree and left to dry in the wind. During the Ottoman’s 300 year rule of Chios, it was worth its own weight in gold and incited jealousy and warfare. Axia is perfectly drinkable neat on the rocks but as I was soon to discover it also makes an excellent base for cocktails.The island, the fifth largest Greek island in the Aegean, is situated just off the coast of Turkey and is separated from the Anatolian mainland by the Chios Channel. You might have seen this plant resin sold as natural chewing gum in Greece, or seen Greek honey with mastiha, popular in high end hamper boxes over here. Ouzo is an alcoholic beverage flavored primarily with anise and smaller quantities of fruits and herbs.

The long connection between the Royal Navy and rum can be traced back to 1655 and Vice-Admiral William Penn's expedition to the West Indies. We use traditional alembic copper stills, whose size and shape was carefully calibrated to deliver a unique sensory experience in the final distillate – layered complexity, velvety textures, and delicate balance. Here they are twice distilled in a process that combines the age-old art of the hand-crafted copper still with the cutting-edge science of the Master Distiller and her team. oz Axia into a chilled wine glass, add ice cubes and top up with 5 oz Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic. The resin of the evergreen Mastiha tree, found on the hillsides of Chios, has been used for millennia for its sweet and floral scent and anti-oxidant properties.Content on this site is not intended to substitute for advice given by medical practitioner, pharmacist, or other licensed health-care professional. On a separate note, I would also recommend visiting STEREO, which is a fun basement cocktail bar with live music, inspired by the vibrant late-night New York and London culture. Mastiha, pronounced mas-ti-ka, is a Greek liquor seasoned with mastic resin from the island of Chios. Axia is also unsweetened, and has fewer calories per serve than vodka or gin, making it a versatile base for most classic cocktails from Margarita, Negroni to Bloody Mary.