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Coriander seed
Coriander seed is among the botanicals most commonly used in gin after juniper, listed first among the usual extras in a 2024 study of gin distillation.
Role
Common secondary botanical in gin.
In gin
Parr, Sutherland and Fisk (2024) list the botanicals "commonly included" with juniper: coriander seed, angelica root, orange peel, lemon peel, orris root, liquorice root, cardamom, cinnamon and cassia bark. EU law limits none of these; for gin it requires only that juniper predominate.
How it connects
Style
- ingredient-of London gin (London dry gin)
- ingredient-of Distilled gin
Ingredient
- related Juniper
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IngredientJuniperJuniperus communis L. (EU law also allows J. oxycedrus for juniper-flavoured spirit drinks and genever)- StyleLondon gin (London dry gin)Legal category
- StyleDistilled ginLegal category
- MethodColumn still (Coffey still)Distillation
- StoryFrom juniper water to London ginSchiedam, the Dutch genever town, Netherlands
- MethodVapour infusionFlavouring
- StyleGeneverProtected name
- HistoryEU spirit drinks regulation (2019)17 April 2019 (applies from 25 May 2021)
- IngredientAngelica rootAngelica archangelica (root)
IngredientCassia barkCinnamomum cassia (bark), the species shown in the illustration; sources do not specify the species used by distillers