It was like sticking my nose in an English herb garden when I sniffed Juiceology’s Apple, Lime & Mint drink – evocative and inspriing. With its tang of apple, just the right amount of lime, and a friendly flourish of English mint, this is my style of soft drink.

It’s one of a quartet of drinks launched by top mixologist Joe McCanta with the help of entrepreneur Richard Watson – he’d been bemoaning the lack of decent soft drinks.

The other three are far more tropical in both source and ingredients – would that we could grow citrus fruits with ease here – with Mandarin, Citrus & Cardamom being my other favourite. Interestingly, each contains milk thistle, a liver-friendly plant extract, so theoretically you’ll be doing yourself good while you sip.

With McCanta’s background, these are obvious cocktail bedfellows too, but it’s great having exotic softies as well.

£1.69; Fortnum & Mason, Whole Foods, Harvey Nichols, www.tastejuiceology.com