Treguddick Garden Rhubarb Shrub

Treguddick Garden Rhubarb Shrub

Seasonal, freshly cut rhubarb stems are juiced and combined with British sugar and vinegar to make the most British of the three shrubs — tart, clean, garden-bright and faintly nostalgic, but without the part where someone insists on putting custard on everything.

Rhubarb is a marvellous thing. It looks like a vegetable, behaves like a fruit, and has the general disposition of a botanical civil servant who has seen too much. In a shrub, it becomes sharp, lively and wonderfully refreshing.

Best with

• Sparkling water
• Ginger ale
• Tonic
• Soda with lime
• Elderflower tonic for a softer floral serve