Oka Gin (900ml) NO20231018 green cardamom

green cardamom

Smooth and smoky

and citrus peels—steeped

then dismissed as bulk juice and largely abandoned

Cardamom and a secret ingredient (with traces of orange and lemon peel)

Oka Gin (900ml) NO20231018 green cardamomAlmost every gin on the shelf starts life as neutral grain spirit. Oka starts with rice. The base is pot distilled from 100% rice at the Tsutsumi Distillery in Kumamoto Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu, then run six times through a copper lined pot still, with the botanicals dropped directly into the still on the final pass. The botanical bill goes all in on juniper, using two kinds: Macedonian for its bright, piney lift, and Himalayan for a lower,