Seville oranges, four classic botanicals, and a splash of history in every glass. This is the Tanqueray Flor de Sevilla G&T, and it might just be the prettiest gin and tonic you make all year.
The Story Behind Tanqueray Flor de Sevilla
Back in the 1860s, Charles Tanqueray traveled through the orange groves of Spain and came home determined to bottle what he’d tasted. Flor de Sevilla is the modern realization of that idea, a gin built on Tanqueray’s four classic London Dry botanicals and layered with the essence of bittersweet Seville oranges and orange blossom.
What It Tastes Like
The result pours a soft, sun-kissed orange and smells like it too, all zesty citrus and orange zest up front, with juniper, vanilla, and warm spice settling in underneath. It’s a gin that knows exactly what it wants to be. Mixed simply with tonic, it turns into something that tastes more like a Mediterranean evening than a Tuesday night at home. If you love what Aperol or Select Aperitivo do to a spritz, you’ll understand instantly what Flor de Sevilla does to a G&T.
How to Serve It
You can pick up a bottle from The Whisky Exchange. A few ways to make the most of it: reach for a premium tonic that won’t fight the orange notes (a Mediterranean-style tonic is a lovely match), and don’t skip the fresh orange wedge, it pulls the citrus in the glass even brighter.
If you’re building out a whole gin bar at home, our guide to 10 Easy Gin Cocktails To Make at Home and our roundup of Tonic Cocktails are great places to keep exploring. And if the botanical, citrus-forward style of this gin is your thing, our Lush Guide to Tanqueray Blackcurrant Royale Gin covers its fruity sibling in the same family.
Flor de Sevilla doesn’t stop at tonic either. It shines in a Negroni too, where the orange plays beautifully against Campari and sweet vermouth, so if you fall for this gin here, that’s your next stop.
Why Lush Life Loves It
Three ingredients, five minutes, and suddenly your kitchen counter feels like a terrace somewhere warm. Flor de Sevilla is proof that a flavored gin doesn’t have to shout to be special. It’s balanced, it’s genuinely different from a classic G&T without losing what makes a G&T great. This is the bottle we reach for when we want a gin and tonic to feel like an occasion.
Here is the recipe
Tanqueray Flor de Sevilla G&T
Equipment
- Tanqueray Flor de Sevilla
Ingredients
- 50 ml Tanqueray Flor de Sevilla
- 150 ml Premium tonic water
- Wedge of orange
Instructions
- Fill a Balloon glass to the top with quality cubed ice
- Pour 50ml Tanqueray Flor de Sevilla
- Follow with 150ml of fresh, premium tonic water
- Garnish with one wedge of orange