GIFT GUIDE
CAMBRIDGE GIN From small beginnings distilling gin in their living room in Histon, Will and Lucy Lowe have built up a brand known around the world for its innovative creations. Cambridge Gin is distilled using a vacuum rather than hot copper stills, giving a much greater degree of control over the process and extracting maximum flavour, even from the most delicate of botanicals. Be it plant, spice or flower, each botanical is distilled individually to achieve the perfect result and blended together to create a harmonious whole. Not the quickest method of gin production, but it does create something rather special, as the slew of awards Cambridge Gin has picked up over the years attests to. Possible gifts for the gin-lover in your life this Christmas include the truffle gin (from £80), a decadent digestif made with white truffle from Alba, Piedmont (worth more than gold per gram, if you’re interested), and the beautifully packaged 12 Days Of Gin calendar, which includes a selection of 5cl gins, plus a limited- edition glass and serving suggestions. Or if you want to really spoil somebody, you could purchase a voucher for a gin tailoring experience, allowing your giftee to spend the afternoon with the master distiller, working together to create a completely bespoke gin to their individual specifications. cambridgedistillery.co.uk
RASPBERRY PI A Cambridge company that needs no introduction, Raspberry Pi has now sold more than 25 million units worldwide, with the company opening the doors to its first bricks-and-mortar shop right here in Cambridge earlier this year. Responsible for sparking nothing short of a revolution in computer programming, the company’s super affordable, credit-card sized computers plug into a computer monitor or TV, opening up a world of programming possibilities for both kids and grown-ups. Gift ideas include the fourth-gen model, released earlier this year, which offers a complete desktop computer for less than £30. You can also add in an optional desktop kit, which comes fully equipped with a Pi 4, mouse, keyboard, SD card, power supply, cables and case – all you need for a fully-functioning PC is a monitor. As with all Pi units, the product comes with a range of programming languages, from Scratch to Python and C++, giving users the tools they need to become developers. raspberrypi.org
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