What type of berry traditionally flavours gin?
Juniper berries, and I have a fine crop of them growing on my juniper bush in the garden at the present moment. The berries are dark blue and covered with a white powdery bloom. If you crush them, they smell pungent and “evergreenish”. I tasted one raw and it’s rather sweet. The berries of some species are poisonous, however. The berries of Juniperus communis are traditionally the ones used for flavoring gin.
