2025 Harvesting Season - Shiso & Huacatay for Our Non-Alcoholic Drinks

At Bôtan Distillery, our passion for exceptional non-alcoholic drinks starts long before a bottle reaches your hands. It begins in our greenhouses and fields, where we grow many of our own botanicals - ensuring freshness, traceability, and unmatched flavor.

This harvest season, our focus is on Shiso and Huacatay - two distinctive herbs that bring bold, complex layers to our alcohol-free creations. Shiso, with its refreshing profile, and Huacatay, also known as Peruvian mint, with its aromatic, citrusy depth, are essential in shaping the taste of our botanical blends.

Freshness Within 24 Hours
Once harvested, the clock starts ticking. To preserve their full aromatic potential, each herb is distilled within 24 hours of picking - and always distilled separately. This approach allows us to capture the purest essence of every plant before carefully blending them into our recipes.

Why This Matters for Non-Alcoholic Drinks
Creating premium non-alcoholic drinks isn’t about removing alcohol—it’s about crafting complexity, mouthfeel, and aroma without compromise. Working with freshly harvested botanicals allows us to create layered, gastronomic flavors that can stand proudly alongside the best alcoholic beverages.

From the greenhouse to your glass, our process ensures that every sip is packed with the freshness of the season. So, the next time you enjoy one of our non-alcoholic cocktails or spirits, know that it all started with herbs we grew, harvested, and distilled ourselves.