Lemon Cordial - 750ml

The ‘flagship’ product. This is concentrated lemon syrup in the distinctive blue glass bottle with the simple hand-drawn yellow label. It must be diluted. It is made to a very old traditional New Zealand recipe – basically a sugar syrup with fresh, organically grown and spray-free lemon juice and rind. It has a shelf life of eighteen months, from date of making, and once opened, I recommend that it is refrigerated and consumed within one month. It is most refreshing made up with iced water, mineral water or soda, delicious with hot water (can be used as the basis of a toddy), and for grown-ups, it is delightful diluted with gin or vodka. The 750 ml bottle of concentrate when diluted makes up to five litres of drink.

Lime Cordial - 750ml

Lime Cordial has a wonderful, sharp, tangy flavour, which is delicious with vodka, gin, brandy or white rum, with a dash of soda or tonic. Very refreshing made up with ice cold water. As you sip it, close your eyes and think sun, white sands and young tanned bodies … Tahiti or Fiji …. It’s transporting stuff! Like its big sister Lemon Cordial, it is a concentrate, it must be diluted and the 750 ml bottle makes up to 5 litres.

Preserved Lemons - 300g and commercial quantities on request

Whole lemons preserved in a smoked paprika and salt brine for use in Moroccan and Middle Eastern style cooking. These look and taste superb, are packaged in a glass jar, and have a shelf life of one year. The preserved lemons are released onto the market only when they are preserved sufficiently for instant use. They need to be refrigerated on opening. Try a preserved lemon in the cavity of your next roast chicken or slice and dice the skin of half a lemon and spoon through steamed basmati rice or couscous. Excellent with roasted fish or chicken.

Lemon Curd - 250ml

A beautiful product. It is made with fresh, organically-grown and spray-free lemon juice and rind, vanilla sugar, butter and free range eggs. The eggs are produced by Te Puhi hens who are so free ranging they are lucky to be alive, but who produce orange coloured yolks. It has a shelf life of sixteen weeks and should be kept cool in transit and storage, and refrigerated on opening. Delicious on toast, shortbread or in a tart case. Packaged in a glass jar. Can be purchased in one-litre jar.

Lime Curd - 250ml

Lime lovers rate this product highly, waxing lyrical about its tangy-ness. The limes are sourced from an organic farm in Tauranga, and the curd is made to the same exacting standards as the lemon curd. Packaging and shelf life are the same as the lemon curd.

Lemon, Ginger & Nut Biscotti - 110g (also available loose)

A twice-baked biscuit made with fresh, organically-grown and spray-free lemon juice and rind, almonds, pistachio nuts and crystallized ginger, and Te Puhi very free range eggs. Designed for dunking in coffee, tea or sweet wine and often used to nibble on whilst in traffic, like an adult rusk. It has its own avid fans that purchase a weekly fix or two. Packaged in a cellophane bag, tied with raffia. Shelf life four months.

Russian Fudge - 160g

An old fashioned New Zealand treat made using the Edmonds Cook Book recipe. Very slowly cooked to give a creamy, melt in the mouth sugar rush. Made with butter, milk, condensed milk, sugar and golden syrup, it has a shelf life of six weeks if kept cool.  Packaged in a cellophane bag and tied with raffia and a simple, black and white and green label. Again, it has its devotees who buy it weekly, and I suspect eat it straight from the bag and do not share it.

Lemon Mustard - 250ml

A mustard with attitude. Not a polite little Dijon this one, it has grunt. For people who appreciate real warmth to their mustard, there is a distinctive lemon flavour with no bitterness. Delicious with fresh ham, a thick steak, rare roast beef or a tasty cheese. Lemon Mustard transforms fluffy mashed potatoes - try adding two teaspoons to your next batch of mash. Very popular with men. Shelf life of one year, packaged in a glass jar.

Roast Lemon Chutney - 250ml

This product captures people and they become addicted to it. Whole lemons are roasted in the oven twice to give a mysterious, smokey, caramelized flavour. The secret herbs and spices used remind you of something, but it’s elusive, you can’t put your finger on it … A perfect accompaniment for some of the softer Indian curries, particularly Butter Chicken, great with cheese and crackers and a glass of wine on the verandah before dinner, and stunning with roasted fish garnished with fresh coriander.

Lemon Lavender Jelly - 250ml

The Virgin Queen, Elizabeth I, would not make important decisions of state without sucking on a lavender lolly (legend has it). Feel like royalty too as you slather this jelly on your roast lamb or morning toast. This jelly is made with crabapples grown at Te Puhi. The tree must be at least 130 years old. The crabapples are shaped like miniature red delicious apples but the flesh is red. Organically-grown lavandula angustifolia and Meyer Lemons from Te Puhi add an extra flavour dimension.