Devon based Luscombe drinks produce a stunning range of 28 premium soft drinks, including organic fruit juices, crushes, bubblies and sparkling fruit waters, plus a traditional organic Devon cider, and has recently launched a range of Devon tonic waters. Between them, the delicious Luscombe Drinks have 73 Great Taste awards.
Obsession is Luscombe Drinks’ secret ingredient. It’s what drives them to source exceptional organic fruit and create award-winning soft drinks. Every step receives their undivided and uncompromising attention.
Since 1087 the Luscombe estate where it all started for Luscombe Drinks has been a hive of farming activity, with the farm making an appearance in the dooms day book. The Luscombe family left the farm around 1750, and it wasn’t for another two centuries that the current owner, Julian David, opened the next chapter in the Luscombe story. Julian relished the opportunity to rejuvenate Luscombe’s cider pressing heritage, and continued the tradition, selling freshly pressed drinks from the farm gate. Production increased over the years and, in 1983, Luscombe cider earned first prize and the Reserve Champion Award at the Devon County Show.
In 1997, Gabriel David returned from a spell in Sicily, to join his father in the family business. Inspired to bring home the evocative flavours of his travels, he began crafting classic English soft drinks and juices from organic ingredients. Every drink was – and still is today – entirely free from concentrates, additives, preservatives, colourings, artificial flavourings or enhancers.
The range of drinks is ever increasing and so are the number of awards, with a total of 73 great taste awards, Luscombe prides itself on only bottling the best. Many of the drinks have numerous accolades and are renowned for their natural taste and high fruit content.
Cocktails:
Cool & Stormy
Glass: Crystal Rocks Glass
Method: Build & Stir
How to do it: Build first 4 ingredients with ice in the glass, stir well and add Luscombe Cool Ginger Beer. Garnish with a fan of fresh ginger
Ice: Ice Cubes
Recipe:
50ml Havana Club Especial
15ml Lime Juice
5ml Vanilla Syrup
Dash Angostura Bitters
Top up with 100ml Luscombe Cool Ginger Beer
Mocktail:
Elderflower & Apple Cooler
Glass: Large Highball
Method: Build & Stir
How to do it: Dissolve agave in lime juice in bottom of the glass, add ice cubes, fill in with rest of the ingredients, stir well and garnish with raspberry, mint and apple fan.
Ice: Ice Cubes
Recipe:
100ml Luscombe Wild Bubbly Elderflower
100ml Devon Apple Juice
10ml Fresh Lime
1 bar spoon Agave Syrup
