Pour this over a couple of ice cubes and you've basically got dessert in a glass. Amarula Cream is silky, sweet and just boozy enough to feel like a treat, with caramel and that mysterious marula fruit doing the heavy lifting. It's the bottle you bring out when the nyama choma's done and nobody wants the night to end. And in that gift box, it does half your present-shopping for you.
Smell it first and the sweetness hits you, then caramel and honey roll in with a little spiced-citrus lift. On the tongue it's properly velvety, like a salted-caramel milkshake that grew up. Fresh cream rounds it out, the marula fruit gives a tropical-toffee twang you won't quite place, and it finishes warm and smooth with a faint hint of spice. Sweet, yes, but never sickly.
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Where it's from
This is South Africa in a bottle. It's built around the marula, a wild tree from the sub-Saharan plains that locals call the elephant tree, because elephants will travel miles to gorge on the ripe fallen fruit. The fruit gets hand-gathered, fermented, double-distilled (once in a column still, then in copper pots) and matured two years in French oak before fresh cream is blended in. The brand's so tied to the tree's elephant fans that it backs elephant conservation research. Cool backstory, even better in the glass.
Good to know
- What is the price of Amarula 750 Gift Box?
Amarula 750 Gift Box is KSh 3,999 at Oaks & Corks. Order online for fast delivery across Nairobi, usually within the hour, or next day countrywide.
- What does Amarula Cream 750ml Gift Box taste like?
Sweet, silky and creamy with caramel, honey and a tropical-toffee note from the marula fruit, finishing warm with a faint touch of spice. Think grown-up salted-caramel milkshake.
- What is the ABV of Amarula Cream?
It's 17% alcohol by volume. Easygoing for a spirit, but it's still a proper liqueur, so sip don't gulp.
- How do I serve it?
Cold. Over ice is the classic, but it's also brilliant in coffee, over ice cream, or shaken into an espresso martini.
- What is it actually made from?
Wild-harvested marula fruit that's fermented and double-distilled, matured two years in French oak, then blended with fresh cream and sugar. Yes, it's real cream.
- Where is Amarula made?
South Africa, from the marula tree that grows wild across the sub-Saharan plains.
- Does it need refrigerating once opened?
Keep it in the fridge after opening and drink it within a few months. It contains fresh cream, so treat it a bit like you would a dairy product.
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Amarula 750 Gift Box price in Kenya
Buy Amarula 750 Gift Box online in Nairobi, Kenya for KSh 3,999. Order now for fast delivery across Nairobi — usually within 30 minutes — or next-day delivery countrywide.