Country of origin: Italy
Alcohol content: 12% ABV

At the end of the 19th Century, it became all the rage among bar patrons of finer establishments to request that their cocktails be garnished with expensive preserved cherries. These first “cocktail cherries” were a fancy variety that were preserved in spiced sugar syrup with the addition of a small amount of cherry distillate.

Tempus Fugit have revived a historic recipe from the early 1890s to craft the style of preserved cherries used in cocktails before 1920. Wild Italian Amarena cherries, known for their unique flavour, are preserved in wild Amarena cherry juice, sugar syrup, traditional gum arabic, spices, and kirsch (cherry brandy) to create an authentic cocktail cherry that perfectly complements your favourite drink or dessert recipe.

Complex and intricate cherry flavour with baking spice to back it up, these cherries have a delightfully tart finish and a subtle citrus undertone.

About Tempus Fugit:

Tempus Fugit Spirits is dedicated to the glory of the well-made cocktail. Their goal is to source and recreate rare spirits and liqueurs from the pages of history to satisfy the demands of the most discerning connoisseur. Along with the world’s finest absinthe, Tempus Fugit was determined to seek out fine rare spirits that were once staples in classic pre-Prohibition cocktails, which have been lost over time. In most cases, Tempus Fugit recreated these liqueurs in-house using historic 19th-century protocols, many cross-referenced in several languages, to arrive as close in taste to these forgotten spirits as is possible, or surpass them. From rare fruit, flower, and plant liqueurs to bitters, amari, vermouth and chinati, Tempus Fugit prides itself in finding out what’s missing from the back bar of the most discerning bartenders.