Tempus Fugit Creme de Menthe Blanche Liqueur | 28% | 700ml

This is not the lurid green bottle gathering dust at the back of your parents' liquor cabinet. Tempus Fugit Creme de Menthe Blanche is what happens when meticulous craft meets botanical purity - a crystal-clear revival of one of the most misunderstood liqueurs in the game. If you've written off creme de menthe as kitschy or cloying, prepare to be converted.

Tempus Fugit approaches this category with the same scholarly obsession they bring to all their spirits, faithfully recreating 19th-century European recipes with a modern distiller's finesse. Their Blanche expression is all about clarity - in colour, yes, but also in flavour. It's made using real peppermint and spearmint leaves, distilled for purity and layered for complexity. No artificial colouring. No shortcuts. Just mint in its cleanest, most captivating form.

On the nose, it's a cool breeze through a summer herb garden - fresh peppermint leaf, a hint of soft menthol, and a subtle sweetness like crushed candy canes and wildflowers. But don't mistake it for something juvenile. On the palate, it's surprisingly elegant: smooth and cooling, with a rounded mouthfeel and a delicate interplay between sweet and herbal. The finish is long, gently warming from the 28% ABV, and impeccably clean - like a glacier-melt rinse for your senses.

This bottle is a bartender's secret weapon. It adds brightness and structure to a Stinger, depth to a Grasshopper, or a crystalline zip to a mojito riff. A dash can transform hot chocolate into something worthy of a chalet in the Alps. Even neat, over cracked ice, it's a refreshingly grown-up digestif.

In a market full of neon pretenders, Tempus Fugit's Creme de Menthe Blanche stands out as the real deal - a spirit of heritage, herbaceous clarity, and unapologetic class. If you're curating a backbar with intention or gifting someone with a taste for the refined, this is mint - elevated.