Botanical & Seaweed Ingredients

Explore the Ingredient Archive, a collection of insights on our seaweed-infused rum and botanical vodka. Each post details hand-foraged British seaweeds and sourced global ingredients.

Botanical & Seaweed Ingredients

Handful of reddish-pink kola nuts piled on weathered pale wooden boards

Kola Nut

West African kola nuts are prized for their subtle bitterness and depth of flavour. With earthy spice and gentle complexity, they balance the spirit and give a smooth, refreshing finish.

Kola Nut

West African kola nuts are prized for their subtle bitterness and depth of flavour. With earthy spice and gentle complexity, they balance the spirit and give a smooth, refreshing finish.

Bright green sea greens carpeting the shore, the seaweeds distilled in Shanty Seaweed Botanical Vodka

Sea Greens

Delicate and vibrant, they bring a delicious crispness, mineral brightness, and a burst of ocean freshness.

Sea Greens

Delicate and vibrant, they bring a delicious crispness, mineral brightness, and a burst of ocean freshness.

Pepper Dulse

Pepper Dulse

Pepper Dulse is known among chefs as the “Truffle of the Sea”. Distinctive flavour with hints of black pepper and truffles.

Pepper Dulse

Pepper Dulse is known among chefs as the “Truffle of the Sea”. Distinctive flavour with hints of black pepper and truffles.

Wakame

Wakame

This is very similar to Japanese Wakame used in many Japanese recipes such as miso soup. It has a slightly sweet and delicate spinach like mineral flavour to it.

Wakame

This is very similar to Japanese Wakame used in many Japanese recipes such as miso soup. It has a slightly sweet and delicate spinach like mineral flavour to it.

Close-up of split vanilla pods with a knife scraping out tiny black vanilla seeds

Vanilla

Madagascan vanilla pods, renowned for their intense aroma and luxurious complexity, soften spice and round the rum’s depth. Their natural sweetness brings creamy notes that linger with elegance.

Vanilla

Madagascan vanilla pods, renowned for their intense aroma and luxurious complexity, soften spice and round the rum’s depth. Their natural sweetness brings creamy notes that linger with elegance.

Fresh ginger roots and green leaves surrounding a wooden bowl of ground ginger powder

Ginger

Finest Indian ginger roots, prized for their bright citrus notes and gentle heat, bring lively warmth that lifts the rum. They add both energy and balance, leaving a clean, invigorating...

Ginger

Finest Indian ginger roots, prized for their bright citrus notes and gentle heat, bring lively warmth that lifts the rum. They add both energy and balance, leaving a clean, invigorating...

Glass jar of raw honey dripping onto hessian beside golden honeycomb and a wooden dipper

Honey

Many honeys are processed and filtered, but our raw Dorset honey is left just as the bees create it, preserving its natural enzymes and delicate nuances. Surrounded by an extraordinary...

Honey

Many honeys are processed and filtered, but our raw Dorset honey is left just as the bees create it, preserving its natural enzymes and delicate nuances. Surrounded by an extraordinary...

Split cacao pod filled with roasted cacao beans beside dark chocolate and dusted cocoa powder

Cacao

The finest Venezuelan cacao brings rich, earthy depth with subtle hints of fruit and spice. Beyond chocolate, it offers a natural balance to sweetness, adding a velvety undertone that lingers...

Cacao

The finest Venezuelan cacao brings rich, earthy depth with subtle hints of fruit and spice. Beyond chocolate, it offers a natural balance to sweetness, adding a velvety undertone that lingers...

Yuzu, the fragrant Japanese citrus fruit distilled into Shanty Seaweed Botanical Vodka

Yuzu

Yuzu is a sour Japanese citrus fruit. It has a pungent aroma and flavour that is distinct from any other citrus fruit. Somewhat akin to a cross between grapefruit and...

Yuzu

Yuzu is a sour Japanese citrus fruit. It has a pungent aroma and flavour that is distinct from any other citrus fruit. Somewhat akin to a cross between grapefruit and...

Bright orange sea buckthorn berries on the branch, the tangy botanical in Shanty Seaweed Botanical Vodka

Sea Buckthorn

Sea Buckthorn has a honey sweet yet tangy flavour and is a good replacement for lemon or orange in savoury dishes. It is also known to go beautifully with seafood.

Sea Buckthorn

Sea Buckthorn has a honey sweet yet tangy flavour and is a good replacement for lemon or orange in savoury dishes. It is also known to go beautifully with seafood.

Pink galangal shoots and rhizome on a woven tray, the peppery botanical in Shanty Seaweed Botanical Vodka

Galangal

Galangal has a taste similar to ginger root, but also has notes of pepper, citrus and pine.

Galangal

Galangal has a taste similar to ginger root, but also has notes of pepper, citrus and pine.

The Wasabi Company logo, Shanty's Dorset partner for wasabi and yuzu botanicals

Wassabi

Many of us think we know what the taste of Wasabi is like but most packs that come with sushi only contain 5% wasabi. Freshly grown the Wasabi rhizomes from...

Wassabi

Many of us think we know what the taste of Wasabi is like but most packs that come with sushi only contain 5% wasabi. Freshly grown the Wasabi rhizomes from...

Dried strips of oarweed kelp, the seaweed distilled in Shanty Seaweed Botanical Vodka

Kelp

Kelp is famously used to make the base for Asian dashi stock and imparts a wonderful deep savoury flavour bursting with umami.

Kelp

Kelp is famously used to make the base for Asian dashi stock and imparts a wonderful deep savoury flavour bursting with umami.