{"id":9900,"date":"2016-10-11T13:29:44","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T12:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/?p=9900"},"modified":"2016-10-11T13:30:08","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T12:30:08","slug":"sweet-potato-spirit-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/2016\/10\/sweet-potato-spirit-company","title":{"rendered":"The Sweet Potato Spirit Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard of the The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesweetpotatospiritcompany.com\/\">Sweet Potato Spirit Company<\/a>? They popped up on my Twitter timeline\u00a0a few months ago and I was instantly drawn to their cute little logo. Not only is their branding on point but they also have a rather intriguing selection of\u00a0spirits and liqueurs made from the finest sweet potatoes.<\/p>\n<p>I love learning about and trying craft\/artisan drinks so I was very excited when\u00a0the friendly and passionate team at the\u00a0Sweet Potato Spirit Company asked if I&#8217;d like to give them try.<\/p>\n<p>I use sweet potatoes a lot so having the chance to try them as something other than chips\u00a0or in a curry was very exciting.<\/p>\n<p>The spirits and liqueurs are hand crafted from scratch using only the very best ingredients. The sweet potatoes\u00a0come from\u00a0Scott Farms in North Carolina, USA. They&#8217;re hand picked and shipped out to the\u00a0Sweet Potato Spirit Company where the copper stills work their magic.<\/p>\n<p>There are 4 different spirits in total; Moonshine, Spiced Rum Orangecello Liqueur and Raspberry\u00a0Liqueur.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Moon Shine Sweet Potato bottle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/29925758120\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/6\/5259\/29925759700_9222e87ed8_z.jpg\" alt=\"Moon Shine bottle glass\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Moon Shine Sweet Potato bottle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/29925758120\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/9\/8419\/29925758120_a69c9a2acc_z.jpg\" alt=\"Moon Shine Sweet Potato bottle\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moonshine:<\/strong>\u00a0I wasn&#8217;t sure what to expect with this one but Phil and I really enjoyed it and we can&#8217;t wait to have it again. It\u00a0reminded me of a smooth whisky and I could easily detect sweet notes of vanilla. The Moonshine worked well over ice but I hear it goes very well with ginger beer. It was lovely and warming, perfect for these cold evenings we&#8217;ve been having.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Spiced Rum Sweet Potato\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/30107106052\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/6\/5646\/30107106052_55947cf4bd_z.jpg\" alt=\"Spiced Rum Sweet Potato\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/9\/8278\/30222027555_c8bd09397d_z.jpg\" alt=\"Spiced Rum Glass Sweet Potato\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Spiced Rum cocktail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/30107141472\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/6\/5043\/30107141472_808e2bbebe_z.jpg\" alt=\"Spiced Rum cocktail\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spiced Rum:<\/strong> Rum isn&#8217;t usually a\u00a0drink I&#8217;d pick but with this one it could easily\u00a0become a favourite. This was <em>so so\u00a0<\/em>good and I&#8217;m tempted to order a large bottle (Phil&#8217;s giving this a big nod of approval too).\u00a0I loved the warm spicy flavour alongside the slightly sweeter\u00a0notes of cherry. This rum is a real treat over ice, especially on a cold evening. We decided to make mini\u00a0pina coladas with coconut, pineapple juice and lots of ice. These when down <em>very\u00a0<\/em>easily. I think it&#8217;s safe to say we&#8217;ll be ordering a full bottle soon.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"SP-Raspberrry Liqueur bottle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/30222028825\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5284\/30222028825_68bca52ab1_z.jpg\" alt=\"SP-Raspberrry Liqueur bottle\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Raspberrry Liqueur Glass\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/30107109262\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c7.staticflickr.com\/6\/5442\/30107109262_c6f8cd41d6_z.jpg\" alt=\"Raspberrry Liqueur Glass\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Raspberrry Liqueur cocktails\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/29592565173\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c6.staticflickr.com\/6\/5015\/29592565173_09199f83a6_z.jpg\" alt=\"Raspberrry Liqueur cocktails\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Raspberrry\u00a0Liqueur:<\/strong>\u00a0I thought this was going to be very sweet but it&#8217;s not at all. It&#8217;s almost as though you&#8217;re drinking real, fresh raspberries with a zingy taste. It&#8217;s not at all sickly and delicious\u00a0to drink over ice. Adding a splash to jazz up a glass of bubbles is probably my favourite way to enjoy this drink. I think it&#8217;d be nice to have a bottle of this on handy to experiment with different cocktails.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Orangecello Liqueur Sweet Potato Spirit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/30136673951\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c8.staticflickr.com\/6\/5748\/30136673951_5feeb3a9e8_z.jpg\" alt=\"Orangecello Liqueur Sweet Potato Spirit\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Prettygreentea spirit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/30107110332\/in\/photostream\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/6\/5209\/30107110332_5bb2b1fe38_z.jpg\" alt=\"Prettygreentea spirit\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><strong><br \/>\nOrangecello Liqueur: <\/strong>This liqueur has a very fresh and zingy flavour, I love it. The orange is full of flavour and isn&#8217;t at all sickly. It has a very smooth and creamy taste and is delightfully zesty.\u00a0I didn&#8217;t manage to grab a photo (<em>the lighting was awful)\u00a0<\/em>but I ended up mixing this with a glass of fizz the other evening and it was the best. Like the\u00a0Raspberrry\u00a0Liqueur I&#8217;d love to experiment making a few cocktails with this.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m keen to buy another set of the drinks and play around with all the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesweetpotatospiritcompany.com\/Mixers\">cocktail ideas they have on their site<\/a>.\u00a0I enjoyed all of the spirits alone as sipping drinks but a few mix really well with bubbles.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesweetpotatospiritcompany.com\/Buy-Online\/The-Sweet-Potato-Spirit-Collection-Gift-Box\">buy the set of 4 online from their website<\/a>\u00a0or full sized bottles. I think this will make an excellent gift for anyone who likes to try new and interesting spirits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard of the The\u00a0Sweet Potato Spirit Company? They popped up on my Twitter timeline\u00a0a few months ago and I was instantly drawn&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,92],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9900"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9936,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9900\/revisions\/9936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}