juniper berries

Conifer's aromatic fruit

Juniper berries are the small, bluish-black seed cones of juniper shrubs, used as a spice.

Despite the name, they're not true berries but fleshy cones.

Their piney, slightly resinous flavor is the defining taste in gin and appears in game dishes and sauerkraut: The venison was seasoned with crushed juniper berries.

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Opposites
botanical classification

juniper berriesblueberries

Small dark edible drupes

raspberries · strawberries · grapes · blackberries · tomatoes

flavor profile

juniper berriessugar

Crystalline carbohydrate sweetener

honey · vanilla · maple syrup · white sugar · sweeteners

gin production

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Clear distilled spirit

grain alcohol · whiskey · rum · tequila

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G