Feeling Good

Nourish the body, mind, and soul during troubled times with these ingenious offerings

- Zara Zhuang

Zhen Gin

Conceived as “Asia’s first climate-positive sipping gin,” the ricebased Zhen Gin was created by Terence Loh and Min Teo after their surfing trip to eastern Taiwan more than two years ago, where they encountered the environmental and social damage wrought by typhoons. It was named after the Chinese character meaning “true, genuine”. This gin is concocted using rice grains collected from affected local farmers along the eastern board of Taiwan — damaged rice crops would release methane (a greenhouse gas more harmful than carbon dioxide) during decomposition — together with distillers in Yilan. The result is a heady blend of Bhutanese juniper, Thai coriander seeds, orris root, and other Eastern botanical ingredients, with a nose of Yunnan osmanthus, pomegranate, seeds and oranges.