About Us
When Was Drink Botanicals Ireland Founded?
Drink Botanicals Ireland is an award-winning Irish business that was founded by Laura McCarthy.
It all started when Laura was studying marketing in TU Dublin and noticed a gap in the Irish drinks market. With the growing trend of gin, she saw an opportunity to create a product that would allow consumers to make luxurious gin and tonics or cocktails in the comfort of their own home. She visited many bars that served gin and tonics with botanicals such as juniper berries and hibiscus, but noticed that there was no product available in retail stores for consumers to recreate this “bar experience” at home.
Determined to fill this gap, Laura approached her local off-licence in Dublin – Redmonds of Ranelagh – with her idea. They thought it was brilliant and ordered a dozen Gin Fusion Kits to trial. A week later, Laura received a phone call to say they were sold out. It was at that moment she knew her business idea had the potential to grow.
Within two years, the business had secured distribution in over 200 off-licences and supermarkets across the country with the Gin Fusion Kit.magna aliquam erat volutpat.
New Product Development
During the covid-19 pandemic, while the business was thriving with consumers purchasing kits to make cocktails at home, it also gave Laura an opportunity to think of new product development opportunities when the hospitality industry would reopen.
Laura noticed that many consumers became discerning during the pandemic and wanted to upgrade to higher-quality products. She also noticed that many syrup brands on the market contained lots of artificial colourings and flavourings. With this in mind, she knew there was a market to launch syrups that were healthier and contained more natural ingredients. As well as this, she noticed that many bartenders and bakeries were also dehydrating and making their own garnishes from scratch, which can be very time-consuming and labour-intensive. Based on this, Laura knew there was a market to launch ready-made, pre-prepared dried garnishes, to remove the burden for consumers and bartenders having to prepare and make their own from scratch.
Today, Drink Botanicals Ireland is proud to supply hundreds of major retailers, bars, restaurants, and hotels with their versatile product range, not just in Ireland but worldwide. Their premium garnishes, syrups, and mixology kits have also earned numerous Amazon Choice badges, a testament to the high satisfaction and loyalty of their customers!
Dehydrated & Freeze Dried Fruits
At Drink Botanicals Ireland, we provide you with a unique range of freeze dried & dehydrated fruits to enhance and up-style your drinks & cocktails for your customers.
Our dehydrated fruits are dried at a very low temperature for over 17 hours without added sugar, preservatives or additives.
With over 30 + garnishes to choose from, we have everything you need to make fantastic premium cocktails & drinks for your customers!
For on-trade premises, our garnishes come supplied in recyclable PET jars with aluminium lids. For retail, our garnishes come in recyclable kraft pouches.
All of our garnishes have a shelf life of 2+ years.
Why Use our dehydrated & freeze dried garnishes
Our Promise
Quality is at the heart of what we do. Therefore, we are committed to only sourcing the highest quality ingredients for our products.
What Makes Our Syrups Different From Other Brands?
Our promise & Core Values
We continue to grow and fulfil our mission to provide you with everything you need to experiment, have fun and make a premium
drink of your choice using our natural-based syrups and dried garnishes.
Drink Botanicals Ireland Wins 'High Potential Exporter' Award 2025.
Drink Botanicals Ireland was proud to be named Winner of the High Potential Exporter Award 2025 by the Irish Exporters Association, sponsored by Enterprise Ireland, recognising the company’s exceptional early success and strong commitment to international growth.
Drink Botanicals founder Laura McCarthy on starting young, trusting your gut, and "blowing up" on Amazon.
When Laura McCarthy was about eight or nine years old she started holding yard sales outside her house. By her tweens she was selling on eBay. “I remember this pair of shoes my dad had, they were too small for him,” she said. “When I sold them, I think I got about €200, and at the time, that was a huge amount.” Now, aged 28, McCarthy is the CEO of a thriving SME, has won the Dublin City Enterprise Award, a “One to Watch” at the National Enterprise Awards, and was chosen for the 2024 cohort of EY entrepreneurial winning…
Drink Botanicals Ireland wins 'One to Watch' award at National Enterprise Awards 2024.
Drink Botanicals Ireland proudly takes the spotlight as the winner of the 2024 ‘One To Watch’ Award at the National Enterprise Awards 2024, held at the prestigious Mansion House venue in Dublin. The One To Watch Award recognises businesses demonstrating great potential for growth and scalability in the immediate future. The growth comes from domestic and international scales. This remarkable achievement underscores their dedication to excellence and innovation in the industry.
Drink Botanicals Ireland Features in the Sunday Business Post.
Drink Botanicals Ireland proudly takes the spotlight as the winner of the 2024 ‘One To Watch’ Award at the National Enterprise Awards 2024, held at the prestigious Mansion House venue in Dublin. The One To Watch Award recognises businesses demonstrating great potential for growth and scalability in the immediate future. The growth comes from domestic and international scales. This remarkable achievement underscores their dedication to excellence and innovation in the industry.
Drink Botanicals Ireland Wins the SFA 'Outstanding Small Busininess' Award 2024.
Drink Botanicals Ireland proudly takes the spotlight as the winner of the 2024 Outstanding Small Business SFA Award, held at the prestigious RDS venue. This momentous achievement showcases their commitment to excellence and innovation in the industry.
Irish Cocktail Garnish Company That 'Blew Up' On Amazon Signs Deal With Middle East Distributor.
Laura McCarthy, Chief Executive of Drink Botanicals Ireland, has successfully expanded the company’s reach into international markets, starting with a strong foundation on Amazon. Building on this success, Drink Botanicals Ireland has now signed a significant distribution deal with Safco International, a leading distributor in Dubai. This partnership marks an exciting step forward in bringing Drink Botanicals Ireland’s premium products to a broader audience across the Middle East.
Drink Botanicals Ireland Advances To National Enterprise Awards 2024.
Drink Botanicals Ireland has proudly won the prestigious Dublin City Enterprise Award 2024, recognizing their commitment to innovation and excellence within the industry. This remarkable achievement has earned them a place in the finals of the National Enterprise Awards competition, which will be held on 23 May 2024 at the iconic Mansion House in Dublin. Competing among Ireland’s best enterprises, Drink Botanicals Ireland looks forward to showcasing their journey and continuing to make strides on a national stage.
The Irish Independent: Dubliner Started Her Own Business 'While Friends Were All Off Travelling'.
Laura McCarthy, CEO of Drink Botanicals Ireland, shares her inspiring journey with the Irish Independent. While her friends set off to explore the world, Laura took a different path, pouring her energy into building a successful business from the ground up. Her commitment and vision have led to tremendous growth for Drink Botanicals Ireland, recently recognized with the prestigious Dublin City National Enterprise Award 2024.
Drink Botanicals Ireland's Founder Nominated For Compass WMB Female Entrepreneur Award 2023.
Laura McCarthy has been proudly shortlisted for the Compass WMB Female Entrepreneur Award 2023, a testament to her exceptional leadership and achievements with Drink Botanicals Ireland.
“We are delighted to announce the finalists for the WMB Awards 2023. It’s an incredible list of talented women, each of whom has demonstrated outstanding skill, vision, and dedication. Although there will be one award winner from each of our five Award categories announced on October 9th, 2023, they are all winners, they are all role models, and they all deserve the recognition.”
Laura McCarthy Represents Dublin City For National Women's Enterprise Day 2023.
Laura McCarthy, owner of DBI, represents Dublin City Local Enterprise Office as their ‘Leading Light’ Ambassador for National Women’s Enterprise Day 2023.
National Women’s Enterprise Day, Ireland’s largest female enterprise event, promotes, encourages, and stimulates female entrepreneurship across Ireland. It is designed and led by women and is an annual high point in promoting entrepreneurship to women in Ireland. The Local Enterprise Office, along with Enterprise Ireland, provides a wide range of help, incentives, training, and development programmes to female entrepreneurs.
Laura McCarthy, CEO of Drink Botanicals Ireland Talks To Conall O Morain on That Great Business Show.
“Laura McCarthy, founder, Drink Botanicals Ireland. Laura was selling since the age of 12. She founded her business, Drinks Botanicals Ireland, whilst still in college in 2017. Whilst her pals were heading overseas on holidays, Laura stayed at home as she wanted to bring a business idea to market. Literally.Her first product launch was the ‘Gin Fusion Kit’, a kit containing botanicals to make an up-styled gin and tonic at home. Since getting listed in Redmonds off license in Ranelagh Dublin, she went on to get a listing in 200+ shops. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the business launched a range of premium, natural based syrups and dried fruits, used for mocktails, cocktails and baking. Drink Botanicals Ireland now focuses heavily on the ‘on trade’ – bars, hotel bars, and cocktail bars. Laura is now heading overseas and is looking for the right partners and distributors. She explains how her business has successfully launched on Amazon UK. She gives some very useful insights into Amazon as well as the US website Faire. Her ‘hire in a heartbeat’ PJ Rigney of Drumshanbo Distillery – obviously!”
