The liqueur
Patience and hard work in a bottle.
What every drop keeps
Seven flavours for the journey home.
Black tea
The grandmothers' secret: a gentle bitterness that balances the sweetness.
Raisins
Grapes the sun saved for later.
Black Reine Claude plums
Dark fruit that lends body and a velvety depth.
Cinnamon
A memory of the routes that set sail across the Atlantic.
Vanilla
A sweetness in no hurry.
Sugar cane
It is there twice: in the cane spirit and in the sugar. The “white gold” that made Madeira a sweet island from the fifteenth century on.
Madeira wine
The soul of the island in every sip.
How it is made
From the fire to the bottle.
Tim Tam Tum is neither distilled nor aged in casks. It is an infusion: fruit, spices and wine resting together until they understand each other. It begins over a low flame and ends, weeks later, in the bottle. The rest is left to time and to hands that are never in a hurry.
The syrup. Sugar, water, tea, dried fruit and spices over a low flame, as in island kitchens.
The meeting. Once cooled, the Madeira wine and the cane spirit are added.
The wait. Weeks of infusion. There are no shortcuts.
The bottle. Carefully filtered and bottled in small batches.
The label
Details with a story
Nothing on the label is there by chance. It gathers five signs of the island and the family: the cross of the caravels, the arabesques of Portuguese tiles, the year of the first batch, the motto and the compass rose. Explore them one by one.
Read our storyThe Cross of the Order of Christ
The cross the Portuguese caravels carried on their sails. Under it the first navigators reached Madeira in 1419, and with it the island's story began.
The scrollwork
Acanthus scrolls, the ornament of the Portuguese baroque: the same one carved into the gilded woodwork of the churches and framing the azulejo tiles. A pattern made to last, like the recipe.
1978
The year of the first batch. The recipe travelled scribbled on a scrap of paper, folded among the clothes of those who were leaving. In 1978 it became liqueur again, and it has never been lost since.
The motto
“Essência e tradição da Madeira · A saudade em cada gota”: Madeira's essence and tradition, saudade in every drop. The family's promise, written on the ribbon: to keep the island's essence and pour it drop by drop. In Portuguese, because some words only fit in the language of home.
The compass rose
For those who left and those who come back. On the inner map of everyone who emigrates, every heading points home.
Technical sheet
The bottle, in a few words.
- Type
- Infusion liqueur, neither distilled nor aged in casks
- Strength
- 25% ABV
- Contents
- 750 ml
- Ingredients
- Sugar-cane spirit, Madeira wine, sugar, raisins, black Reine Claude plums, cinnamon, vanilla and black tea
- Made
- By hand, in small batches
- Serving
- In a small stemmed glass or a short tumbler, at room temperature. On a hot day, a few minutes in the fridge will cool it down.
- Storage
- Somewhere cool, away from light, with the bottle well closed. It has no expiry date: over time, its flavours blend even further.
Tasting notes
- Colour. Deep mahogany with ruby glints.
- Nose. Raisin, plum and cinnamon up front; vanilla, tea and a Madeira wine undertone.
- Palate. Sweet and warm, with a velvety texture. A long, spiced finish.
Your bottle
Now it is your turn to taste it.
We make it by hand, in small batches. Write to us from wherever you are and we will reply personally so that a bottle can reach your table.