Picture the scene – we stand in the Royal Geographical Society, enthralled, leafing reverently through the original diaries of the explorers who sought the source of the Nile. Led by the spirit and expertise of their guides, without whom none of their expeditions would have been possible, these adventurers made some astonishing findings.

The adventurers wrote passionately of the marula: an unusual citrus fruit with a nutty heart. Intrigued, we had to know more. That is when we stumbled across a tale even more delicious than the fruit: a story of greedy elephants gorging on fermented marula and teetering on, in the African sun. An idea took root. Well, it’s not everyday you find a tipsy elephant.

Actually, it turns out, it is not really any day. While elephants enjoy marula, the intoxicating effects are likely more of a myth. Yet the tale is still awfully good fun and one we couldn’t forget. So, we took Nelly’s lead and distilled that elephantine myth into an extraordinary London Dry gin.