Well being Cordials

All Thorncroft Cordials have benefits over and above great taste, but the Well-Being Cordials are especially focussed on good health.

Each has its own personality and benefit – these aren’t just syrups with different blends of herbs. They are pasteurised, so that no preservatives are needed, and where possible (Detox and Carnival) they are based on pure fruit juice, with no added sugar.

Kombucha

Kombucha is a truly remarkable and ancient health drink from the East, made by fermenting sweetened green tea with a special microbial culture.

Kombucha aficionados, who often make their own Kombucha at home, believe it contributes to general well-being by strengthening and stabilising your metabolic and digestive processes. Among them is Nobel prizewinner Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who wrote in his autobiography that it saved his life in the Siberian slave camps. You can find out more at www.Kombucha.org.uk.

Thorncroft are the only people to make a concentrated Kombucha Cordial. We do this by evaporating off most of the water from the fermented Kombucha base at low temperature and pressure, leaving a concentrate 30 times stronger than the original brew. We then blend this with other ingredients to improve taste, such as fruit tea, apple and peach juice concentrates, and cider vinegar, to give a fine flavoured cordial ready for mixing with mineral water.

A huge amount of research has been done on the effects of Kombucha, much of it in Russia, and Germany, and we have a bibliography of over 200 scientific articles.

Like all Thorncroft cordials, Kombucha is also a great taste – fruity, rich, tangy, and quite unlike any other soft drink.

Detox

Detox Cordial is based on Dandelion and Burdock, but couldn’t be further from the drink of that name found nowadays, which is really an artificial sassafras flavoured drink.

Thorncroft went back to basics and realised that the purpose of Dandelion and Burdock as ingredients was not flavour – they have none to speak of - but their cleansing functions. Dandelion is known to increase bile flow, and Burdock stimulates the kidneys and the appetite. To this we have added Coriander (which chelates heavy metals such as mercury just as effectively as pharmaceutical chelating agents such as DMPS), liquorice (known as the great detoxifier, also a great taste), sarsaparilla, ginger, and half a dozen other herbs and spices known for their cleansing effects.

But above all Detox is a great taste, pure fruit juice based, with no added sugar or preservatives.

For serious Detoxers on a cleansing programme, Thorncroft detox is formulated to contain no disaccharides or other ingredients requiring digestive effort, so that it can be taken during a cleanse.
 

Carnival Spirit is a new departure in the soft drinks field in at least two ways.

The surprising mix of Darjeeling tea with apple juice, lime juice and angostura creates an extraordinary flavour - fruity, dry, and spicy, and more like a cocktail than a soft drink. The second surprise is the inclusion of a flower essence, which can subtly affect your mood, in this case by helping us to wind down our thinking processes (we all think too much) and to connect with the pleasurable side of life, forgetting our cares for a pleasant while.

Like Detox, Carnival Spirit is pure fruit juice based, with no added sugar, and is pasteurised to guarantee stability without using preservatives. Refrigerate after opening.

Gingkgo Green Tea

Ginkgo Green Tea is quite like any other Thorncroft Cordial, and tastes like an aromatic iced tea.

There is no acidity and the sweetness is balanced instead by the dry astringency of the green tea, which also imparts its special aroma and refreshing character.

Both Ginkgo and Green Tea are powerful antioxidants. Ginkgo acts particularly by stimulating blood circulation, and has been shown in scientific trials to improve mental function even in quite low dosages of around 250mg per day – the equivalent of about three glasses of diluted Thorncroft Ginkgo Green Tea.

Green Tea contains antioxidant catechins, which are mostly lost in the fermentation process used to make black tea. The most important of these, EpigallocatechinGallate (EGCG) has been found to be over 200 times more powerful than vitamin E in neutralizing the pro oxidants and free radicals that attack lipids in the brain. They have also been found to protect LPL “bad cholesterol” fats from oxidation. In simple terms, the science shows that green tea protects powerfully against the risks of both cancer and heart disease.

A simple and straightforward drink, Ginkgo Green Tea is really good news for your long term well-being. Many people who find green tea on its own unpalatable find Thorncroft GGT pleasant and refreshing – especially on a hot summer’s day. It has only about a third of the sugar of most soft drinks, so is much more thirst quenching.