Gin
classicA standing botanical: warm heat that does not fight the juniper.
A standing botanical: warm heat that does not fight the juniper.
Medieval brewers used it for bite before hops took the job.
Citrus-warm heat seasons pale meat without turning it into curry.
The cardamom edge handles the fat the way sweet spice does.
Same family, same terpenes. One brings heat, one brings perfume.
Both carry warm terpenes; roasting fuses them into one flavour.
Tropical acid meets tropical heat, both grown within the same latitude.
Peppery finish on dark stone fruit; the skin bitterness picks it up.