Discover The Non-Alcoholic Ecosystems Of Everleaf

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While a lot of us did drink perhaps a little more than we should have during the pandemic, the real winner from our time of isolation was the non alcoholic drinks industry.
Already picking up steam before COVID, the sale of non alcoholic beverages has skyrocketed over the last 18 months.
One relatively new brand to the market but one that has definitely been making an impact is Everleaf, a complex and captivating range of non alcoholic aperitifs based in the UK.
To find out more about the brand, what they are offering and the true nature of the appeal, we talk to Paul Mathew, the founder of Everleaf.

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1. Discover The Non-Alcoholic Ecosystems Of Everleaf (00:00:00)

2. Now, how did a conservation biologist, as was your trade before, end up making non alcoholic aperitifs? (00:01:29)

3. A lot of people would've perhaps got into gin for the use of the botanicals, what was it particularly about non-alcoholic that interested you? (00:02:53)

4. It's an area of the industry that is picking up an enormous amount of steam, but what made you think that the category needed another brand? (00:03:56)

5. Now, you have three expressions, the Forest, Marine, and Mountain. Do you want to talk us through the flavours of each of these? (00:05:14)

6. How did you go about creating these expressions? Did you tinker with the recipes yourself or did you just come up with the concepts and take it to someone else to develop? (00:11:18)

7. I'm always fascinated by people who construct their own products and then have to actually scale them up for commercial use. (00:13:21)

8. Now, if someone was buying one of your expressions for the first time, how would you want them to first experience it? (00:15:43)

9. And what have bartenders been making when they've been experimenting with your products? (00:16:52)

10. Now, as you mentioned earlier, you started the brand in 2019. It wouldn't have been long before the pandemic hit, how did the brand cope through that period? (00:18:41)

11. Have you got most of your on-trade business back again? Or has it been a bit of a slow process to get the bars back on board? (00:21:20)

12. Now, as you were shifting towards consumers during the lockdowns, did you find that you needed to do a lot of education around the brand? (00:22:19)

13. Now, speaking of that, your mission is all about promoting the conservation of plant biodiversity. Tell us a little bit more about how that works. (00:24:17)

14. Now, you mentioned that the Marine and the Mountain were created about two years ago. Does that mean that there's possibly a new expression in the works at the moment? (00:26:35)

15. Now, what do you see as the future of the category? (00:27:31)

16. So that was what you were referring to earlier when you were talking about bartenders using the products in alcoholic drinks. (00:29:16)

17. So the brand is available in Marks & Spencer's and some pretty high end cocktail bars, what are the plans for the future in terms of export and local availability? (00:29:41)

18. Out of curiosity, which of the three is the most popular? (00:31:09)

19. Now if people want more information they can go to your website, which is everleafdrinks.com, or connect with the brand on your socials. (00:32:02)