The Fruits
Taste good.
Do you good.
We love oranges, lemons and even those messy little blackcurrants, but what gets us even more excited is finding the most delicious fruits from around the world and combining them with incredible botanicals to make an unusually good drink.
From berries, to bramley apples here are a few pretty pictures and some random facts we've picked up along the way.
Click on a fruit for a bit of random info
Crisp, juicy Bramley apples – surely there’s no better start to a truly British beverage?
We did a poll in the office and the good old Bramley came top dog. (I'm more partial to a Cox myself.)
Latin Name: malum (also means "bad" in the accusative. we think. Hmm)
Sourced from: All over the place
Found in: just about all our drinks
It takes about 2½ pounds of grapes to produce a bottle of wine…we do use a lot of grapes but thankfully it doesn’t take that much to produce a Firefly. Grapes add delicious natural sweetness to our drinks which means they taste great – without adding any artificial sugar or sweeteners.
Latin Name: Vitis vinifera
Sourced from: Actually, as we use lots of grapes, all over the place, but mostly Southern Europe.
Found in: All our Firefly drinks. Red grapes in Peach & Green Tea
Originally from Barbados - Tart and tangy with an underlying sweetness…
The latin name rather says it all.
Latin Name: Citrus paradisi
Sourced from: Israel
Found in: Grapefruit & Passionfruit
Lemon is an anagram of Melon. We haven't made a drink with melons yet. Perhaps we can do….feel free to wow us with your ideas!
Most of all Lemon is super refreshing and full of cleansing antioxidants.
Latin Name: Citrus something-or-other
Sourced from: Italy mainly
Found in: Practically all our drinks - lemons are pretty handy. But especially Lemon, Lime & Ginger
British sailors took Limes around the world for their medicinal benefits to prevent scurvy… So we got the nickname "limeys". The secret ingredient turned out to be Vitamin C. So the limeys became smiley (terrible anagram, sorry…)
Latin Name: Citrus latifolia
Sourced from: Mexico mainly
Found in: Lemon, Lime & Ginger and Pomegrante & ElderflowerLemon, Lime & Ginger
Scrumptious enough to evoke passion!
Passionfruit adds a touch of tropical charm to Grapefruit & Passionfruit making it a little bit exotic as well as brilliantly refreshing…
Latin Name: Passiflora edulis
Sourced from: India and South Africa
Found in: Grapefruit & Passionfruit
Did you know that the phrase “you’re a real peach” originated from the tradition of giving a peach to the friend you liked?
Peaches are full of antioxidants – but they’re mainly in our drinks because they’re so delicious.
Latin Name: Prunus persica
Sourced from: Southern Europe.
Found in: Peach & Green Tea
Pomegranates were, in ancient times associated with forbidden desire... however the ancient Persians, the Greeks, even the prophet Mohammed still praised them. And now scientists are joining in as pomegranate is hailed as the new superfood.
The whole world seems to love pomegranate - It'd be crazy not to join in...
Latin Name: Punica granatum
Sourced from: Asia
Found in: Pomegranate & Elderflower
