Bitters Formulator
Pick your herbs and see how the blend will taste before you steep.
Build a blend
Herbs — in parts
- Gentian roottasted1
- Orange peeltasted2
- Wormwoodtasted0
- Cardamomtasted1
- Cinchona barktasted0
- Dandelion rootestimated0
Gently bitter. Bitter 2.3 out of 5, Sweet 0.7 out of 5, Sour/Citrus 1.7 out of 5, Warm/Spice 2.1 out of 5, Herbal/Green 2 out of 5, Earthy/Woody 1.8 out of 5, Floral 2.4 out of 5. Dominant: Floral, Bitter, Warm/Spice.
Flavors are competing evenly — consider letting one herb lead for a clearer character.
Try it in
- Old Fashioned3 herb matches
- Black Manhattan2 herb matches
Traditional uses
- Gentian root: traditionally used as a digestive bitter to stimulate appetite (EMA/HMPC European Union herbal monograph on Gentiana lutea L., radix)
- Orange peel: traditionally added to bitters as a carminative aromatic (Commission E monograph, Bitter Orange Peel (Aurantii pericarpium))
- Cardamom: traditionally used to aid digestion (Commission E monograph, Cardamom seed (Cardamomi fructus))
Traditional and historical uses only. Not medical advice.