British fruit and sustainable botanicals

Sipello is handmade using British fruit and ingredients, brought together with sustainably sourced botanicals. Wherever possible, we use wild-harvested ingredients — naturally grown in the wild and handpicked from their native ecosystems to preserve their purest flavour.

Every wild-harvested botanical we use is carefully selected and responsibly gathered to help protect and sustain the landscapes from which it comes.

Organic ingredients are also a key pillar of Sipello's flavour make up as organic ingredients lend our drink the cleanest taste of the botanical ingredients we use - free of any nasties. We source ingredients that are ethical and not price led with provenance, traceability and a fair price equalling a fair wage at the heart of our sourcing.

Rhubarb

The Rhubarb we use is handpicked from farms across three corners of England - Herefordshire, Yorkshire and Kent. We use different farms across the country to ensure we have a good geographical spread in case of typically English, inclement weather. Our rhubarb is Red Tractor Certified.

Gentian

Gentian is a sustainably grown protected species that is wild harvested under licence in the French Alps / Queyras National Park in the south east of France.

The Fever Tree

The Cinchona tree is native to the eastern slopes of the Andes. Our Cinchona, also known as the "fever tree", is wild harvested in Ecuador. The quinine that comes from Cinchona is the key ingredient in tonic water.

Red Sandalwood

Red Sandalwood is wild harvested in Gabon, a country along the Atlantic coast of Central Africa. Red Sandalwood is limited in availability due to it being slow to grow.

Organic Bergamot Oil

Our citrus note comes from the beautiful hills of Calabria in southern Italy famous for Bergamot. All the fruit is still collected by hand to this day to ensure the peel is not bruised into releasing the oil too early. Once extracted the oil is filtered and then bottled, the resulting oil is known by the locals as the "liquid gold of Calabria".

Our spirit

We use grain spirit as our base, much like most British gins, because its neutral flavour allows our eccentric botanicals to showcase their flavours unhindered.

Orris Root

The foundation that allows all the others to be at their best - the root of the Iris flower. Tim's grandmother was called Iris and she played the same role in his life. Our orris root comes from Florence, Italy.

Elderflower & wormwood

British elderflower blossom is always a sign that summer is on the way. We clean and dry it an steep it for 4 days. Wormwood doesn't grow in the UK so ours is wild harvested under licence from Albania by local villagers. The collection areas are very remote, away even from already remote village settlements, nearest collection points are Gramsh town & Lenie village, Elbasan county.

Linden Flower

In the UK, Linden flowers (harvested from the commonly called the Lime or Basswood tree) are primarily used as a calming herbal remedy. They are celebrated for their delicate floral scent and are commonly brewed into a soothing tea used to alleviate anxiety.