Excellent
While waiting for my bus home, I noticed there was a poster in the bus shelter, promoting TasteTheBorders. I was at first intrigued by it as it displayed a bottle of Strawberry and Basil vodka liqueur, of which, I absolutely love fresh strawberries and anything strawberry related so I had to give it a try. Went online to thier website, only to discover they had a lot more than just spirits. They offer coffee,honey, jams, chutneys and ales, all localised within the Scottish Borders. They also had something called 'Orangecello', which on the website shows it won 2 Gold awards from The Spirit Guide and Liqueur Masters. So, I also had to buy that as I do like oranges, and it won 2 awards, so I figured it had to be something special.
A week or so later, my package arrived, carefully wrapped and the vodka liqueur bottle looks amazing. That evening, I gathered some friends and we all had a blast tasting and enjoying the spirits.
The vodka liqueur had rich notes of fresh strawberries with a hint of basil, it was the perfect end of meal digestif on the rocks. The the orangecello was also a hit with my guests, very in your face sort of flavour. Like you can definitely tell your tasting fresh oranges and not artificial flavouring. I can see why it got 2 gold awards.
I'll definitely be ordering again from the site.
June 26, 2026
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