The forest is her.

Calm in the light.

Wild in the dark.

The trees let go.

The night begins.

On the counter, she waits.

Ice cold.

The path leads astray.

Take it.

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A coupe of Kåda with a spruce sprig on the moss of a dark forest path

Kåda

Beautiful. Wild. Both.

Kåda is a spirit of the Swedish forest. Spruce shoots, dark juniper and an embracing sweetness.

Black glass. A smooth front, bark on the back.

The story

Beautiful from the front.
Hollow from behind.

In the old Swedish forest lives the skogsrå. Seen from the front, she is the most beautiful thing you will ever meet. Walk around her and she is hollow, like the trunk of a rotten tree.

She lures travellers off the path. No one sees her clearly. You only notice that the forest has gone quiet, and that you have walked further than you meant to.

Kåda is Swedish for resin, what the spruce bleeds to close a wound. Spirit of the Swedish Forest: spirit as in what is in the glass, and spirit as in what lives between the trees.

The bottle is made like her.

The front

Smooth black glass that gives nothing away.

Turn her around.

The back

The glass becomes bark, hollow where she is hollow.

The cap

Amber, like resin.

The front

The back of the Kåda bottle: black glass sculpted like spruce bark — The back

The bottle is made like her.

A smooth black front that gives nothing away. Turn it around and the glass becomes bark, hollow where she is hollow. The cap is amber, like resin.

Close-up of Kåda in a cut-glass coupe with an ice cube and a spruce sprig

Served ice cold.

Serve ice cold. Drink slowly.

I
As a shot.
Straight from the freezer. A small glass. No hurry.
II
As an aperitif.
Over ice, before the night begins.
III
In a cocktail.
As the base. In a coupe, if you ask her.

After dark.

Forest Tonic: a highball with Kåda, tonic, ice and a spruce sprig

Forest Tonic

4 cl Kåda · 12 cl tonic · spruce sprig · lemon peel

Fill a tall glass with ice. Add Kåda and top with tonic. Finish with spruce and a thin lemon peel.

Spirited Away: a stirred amber cocktail in a coupe with a lemon twist

Spirited Away

5 cl Kåda · 2 cl dry vermouth · 1 dash orange bitters · lemon twist

Stir with ice until very cold. Strain into a chilled coupe. A twist of lemon over the top.

Astray Sour: a coupe with a silky white foam and a spruce sprig

Astray Sour

5 cl Kåda · 2.5 cl lemon · 1.5 cl sugar syrup · 1 egg white · bitters

Shake hard without ice, then again with ice. Strain into a coupe. A few drops of bitters on the foam.

Ice Cold: a frosted glass of Kåda straight from the freezer

Ice Cold

3 cl Kåda · straight from the freezer

No ice. No mixer. A small frozen glass. Drink slowly.

A bar street in New York at night, wet asphalt and people outside the bars

The path leads astray.
Take it.

Wherever the spirit goes.

Friends raising shots of Kåda on a sunny après-ski terrace in the Alps — Above the treeline. Ice cold.

A highball with Kåda and a spruce sprig raised on a packed dance floor — Somewhere loud. Somewhere late.

Carry the forest.

A black canvas tote with the Kåda symbol, carried on a New York street at night — The tote.
Black canvas. The symbol in bone and amber.

The cap.

Black. The wordmark embroidered.

Get spirited away.

LAUNCH · DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED