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Blavod infuses their vodka with Black Catechu, an extract taken from the heartwood of Burmese catechu acacia trees. Our comparative tasting of an original late 90s bottle verses a new look 2010 bottle revealed little, if any change in appearance or flavour but did flag up the fact that the present day UK bottling has dropped from 40% to 37. The marketing for the vodka states that the Black Catechu imparts no additional flavour or odour to the vodka.These fonts ensure we provide the optimum width and depth during the engraving process to creat maximum visibility once infilled. This vodka stands out with its eye-catching black colour, achieved through the infusion of the South East Asian herb catechu, extracted from the bark of the Acacia tree. Although there are now many flavoured vodkas on the market (peach vodka, chilli vodka, apple vodka) championed by major vodka brands such as Absolut and Smirnoff, there was a gap in the market for a vodka producer to add colour to the famously clear spirit – without tampering with the flavour characteristics of a standard quality vodka. Blavod is based on grain neutral spirit which is coloured and flavoured with Black Catechu, a botanical extracted from the Acacia catechu tree which is tree native to Burma and East India.

He wondered why vodka drinkers were not offered a similar choice (as you do) – and launched Blavod black vodka in 1996. Black catechu is extracted from the bark of the Acacia tree and added to give colour but not flavour. Experience the uniquely dramatic and stylish Blavod Original Black Vodka, renowned for its superbly clean taste. Blavod have marketed the fact that the black colouring has no effect on the taste of the vodka, however, most drinkers will testify that there is indeed a fairly strong herbal, even medicinal, aftertaste, which is not found in standard vodkas.

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