Ingredients

MONATE FELA GIN

Inspired by South Africa’s magnificent landscape and wealth of botanicals, Monate Fela gin is a smooth, lush and aromatic drink. What makes our Gin so special are our ingredients, with a focus on:

Marula Fruit: The food of kings

The Marula Fruit is hand-picked by 42 different communities in the Limpopo province.

Purchasing Marula Natural Products helps support 2,400 women in the Bushbuckridge area of Limpopo.

Key cornerstones of our Marula Natural Product’s mission are to support Fair Trade, sustainable harvesting and empowering female workers.

Baobab

The Baobob tree is sometimes called ‘the tree of life’.

Harvesting the baobab fruit takes place during the dry season. The process of drying the fruit is done 100% naturally, by the sun.

The baobab is harvested just once a year. Local women walk through the wild bush collecting the fruit which has fallen from the mighty baobab tree. This fruit is then processed by hand to extract the flesh, which is then dried and ground into a powder.

Moringa

The leaves of the moringa plant can be harvested after roughly 6-8 weeks after planting.

The leaves grow again after they’ve been harvested, so the tree is self-sustaining, yielding more leaves every two months, year after year.

Lion’s tail

Lion’s tail is grown on a very small scale on an organic farm.

The leaves are harvested by hand, then are dried and ground into a coarse powder. Native to South Africa, lion’s tail is an upright perennial bush with spikes of brilliant orange flowers and its flavour is similar to mint.

Tasting Notes

The moringa leaf brings an earthy, grassy scent, with a fresh citrus bite to your palate. The subtle tang of the baobab, sweetness of the marula fruit and minty lift from the lion’s tail contribute to a complex finish with slightly sweet tones.

What do you taste when you drink Monate Fela Gin? Let us know!