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Egyptian Citrus

Kev2024-03-25T18:44:43+00:00

Egyptian Citrus Inspecting and processing of our Lemon Peel and the start of the Sweet Orange Michael has recently returned from Egypt where he was inspecting the crop and processing of our Lemon Peel and the start of the Sweet Orange. Price increases for Sweet Orange The world orange juice price has risen significantly in recent months with demand outstripping supply and variable harvests across the globe. Lemon prices and supply fortunately remain stable. There will no doubt [...]

Egyptian CitrusKev2024-03-25T18:44:43+00:00

Murcian Citrus Supplies

Kev2022-03-21T18:07:44+00:00

Murcian Citrus Supplies Checking on the progress of the citrus processing in Murcia, Spain. Almost two years to the day since his last supplier visit, Tommy dusted down his passport and headed for Murcia to check on the progress of the citrus processing. Excellent Spanish citrus fruit The region of Murcia produces excellent citrus fruit being perfectly located between mountains to west and the Mediterranean Sea to the east. Michael and Tommy have [...]

Murcian Citrus SuppliesKev2022-03-21T18:07:44+00:00

Sussex Coriander

Kev2021-12-14T11:56:29+00:00

Sussex Coriander English coriander from planting right through to harvest The fact that this report is being sent out in December is not due to Tommy putting his feet up! We promise. It is a case of extremely testing growing conditions from planting right through to harvest. April and May in Sussex were unseasonably cold with a number of frosts throughout both months. This meant that the planting of the coriander crop was delayed until 2nd [...]

Sussex CorianderKev2021-12-14T11:56:29+00:00

Juniper harvest 2021

Kev2021-10-28T10:29:19+01:00

Juniper Harvest 2021 Another Juniper harvest is well under way in the Balkans. Another Juniper harvest is well under way in the Balkans. Thankfully, the yields are an improvement in 2019 and 2020 and with good quality across all the regions. This should slow down the number of grey hairs appearing on Tommy’s head! Demand The demand for Juniper has not waivered over the past 24 months. The previous two harvests have been exceptionally poor (in 2019 and [...]

Juniper harvest 2021Kev2021-10-28T10:29:19+01:00

UK Juniper 2020

Kev2020-10-26T10:39:42+00:00

Whilst in Scotland in September 2020, Tommy did manage to find some Scottish Juniper. Unfortunately, very small quantities and very poor quality. It would have taken quite some time to dry these lots!

UK Juniper 2020Kev2020-10-26T10:39:42+00:00

Sweet and Bitter Orange being peeled in Murcia, Spain

Kev2020-03-24T15:00:56+00:00

Sweet and bitter oranges being peeled in Murcia, Spain Tommy recently visted Spain to check the progress of the citrus harvest Tommy recently returned from Murcia just before the Spanish Government decided to lockdown the country. The citrus harvest is the last of the core botanicals to be processed. We know that once these peels arrive, we will have large stocks of all core botanicals in the UK. Processing is well under way During [...]

Sweet and Bitter Orange being peeled in Murcia, SpainKev2020-03-24T15:00:56+00:00

English Angelica Harvest

Kev2019-09-30T12:23:15+01:00

English angelica harvest We are excited to report that our English Angelica has just been harvested after 15 months in the ground This is another step forward to increasing the number of UK grown gin botanicals. Growing more UK gin botanicals. Being botanical-traders we source all manner of herbs, spices and roots from around the world bringing them into our UK warehouse. However, we have always had a burning ambition to try and grow more UK gin [...]

English Angelica HarvestKev2019-09-30T12:23:15+01:00

Progress of our UK Angelica crop

Kev2019-06-07T10:27:22+01:00

Inspecting progress of our UK Angelica crop We have recently been to inspect the progress of our UK Angelica crop which ‘celebrated’ its 12-month birthday on 31st May 2019. The plan is to harvest the crop in October this year. Progress We were pleased at how healthy the crop looks with some of the plants standing over 5 feet tall. The seed heads were developing well and there were no problems with weeds which can be an [...]

Progress of our UK Angelica cropKev2019-06-07T10:27:22+01:00

Checking on the Spanish Citrus

Kev2019-02-28T17:14:01+00:00

Checking the progress of the Spanish Citrus The processing of citrus fruit is underway, and Tommy went to check in on the progress in Murcia, Spain. This region of Spain is well known for growing quantities of excellent fruit and vegetables. Beacon have been buying citrus peels from this region for many years now. Estimating fresh citrus In this region, the Bitter Orange is processed first, followed by Sweet Orange and finally the Lemon. We have to [...]

Checking on the Spanish CitrusKev2019-02-28T17:14:01+00:00

The Craft Distilling Expo London 2018

Kev2018-10-02T16:23:15+01:00

The Craft Distilling Expo, London 26th – 27th September 2018 Beacon Commodities have returned from a successful exhibition at the Craft Distilling Expo in London. Held in the Old Truman Brewery off Brick Lane, the show attracted distillers from around the world. Michael gave a presentation on ‘Citrus Fruit’ to a lively audience and there was great interest shown in the Beacon Commodities stand across the two days. We put together a brief video on various botanicals for the [...]

The Craft Distilling Expo London 2018Kev2018-10-02T16:23:15+01:00