Bandoeng 22

The Netherlands has one of the deepest food and culinary links to Southeast Asia in the world, built over centuries of Dutch-Indonesian history. Even so, Indonesian ingredients had barely reached the drinks world. Bandoeng'22 was created to change that.

Named after the Indonesian city of Bandung, a city of art, culture and remarkable food, the brand is built around one ingredient: pandan. The pandan plant (Pandanus amaryllifolius) is used across Southeast Asian kitchens, in everything from rice to cakes to desserts, for its sweet, nutty, grassy, floral character. There is no equivalent in European cuisine.

Pandan sits in a flavour space no European liqueur can claim. It is aromatic like elderflower but more complex, nutty like orgeat but without the weight, grassy like fresh botanicals but tropical. That makes it a genuine addition to any cocktail that wants complexity and aromatic interest. It doesn't replace anything; it adds something new.

The 22 in Bandoeng'22 is a nod to the Dutch-Indonesian cultural link and the 'Indo' heritage that runs through Dutch history. The brand honours that story through quality rather than nostalgia: a product that carries Indonesian tradition into a modern global cocktail context.