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Green mango, cardamom and lime lead, and the finish is dry rather than sweet, which is what separates this from the fruit sodas it often gets shelved beside. Guava, star anise, basil and peppermint fill in behind, while wormwood and gentian hold a bitter spine underneath the tropical fruit. Twenty-one botanicals in total, formulated with an Ayurvedic specialist and sourced largely from Asia and India. Both Melati expressions are made the same way, cold-extracted over about six weeks in small batches in Colorado, with no added sugar, no preservatives and no artificial ingredients. Keep it refrigerated once opened. Two ounces is the standard pour and a bottle holds roughly seventeen of them. It is designed to be lengthened with tonic or soda rather than sipped neat, and it slots in where a vodka or tequila drink would go, or in place of a glass of white wine.