1, LIQUEUR, also known as liqueur, comes from the French word "liqueur", which is an alcoholic beverage with edible alcohol and other distilled spirits as the main wine, mixed with various flavoring materials and sweetened.
2. It was first made by the Egyptians, and later the European monks in the Middle Ages improved its manufacturing process. At present, the main producing countries of liqueur are France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, the United States and Japan. Liqueur is generally aged, and its alcohol content is between 15% and 55%. It is mostly drunk after western food, which can help digestion. Liqueur can be divided into fruit liqueur, herb liqueur and seed liqueur according to the flavoring materials used in preparation.
Expanding knowledge: the origin of liqueur
1 Liqueur is a transliteration of the English word "Liqueur". Americans call it Cordial (Latin), which is synonymous with Liqueur, meaning that wine stimulates the heart, while in France, some people call it Digestive, meaning that this wine helps digestion. Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan in China call liqueur "Lijiao Liquor". Liqueur is also called "sweet wine" because of its rich fragrance and high sugar content.
2. Liqueur was founded in A.D. 1 137. In order to adjust the sour taste in wine, honey, vanilla, anise and other materials were added and then filtered. Later, in A.D. 13 14, the latest technology was pioneered by Spanish scholars, and the flavors of lemon, orange blossom, spices and so on were precipitated with alcohol, and then matched with colors, thus innovating the manufacturing method of liqueur.
3. In the process of Italian production in the16th century, the distilled wine was diluted, added with cinnamon, anise, musk, sugar and other ingredients, and innovated to make liqueur, which made it famous. After its fame spread to France, CathrinedeMedici, the princess at that time, personally spread the French wine, which made the French liqueur develop rapidly and even surpassed Italy. /kloc-after the 0/8th century, due to the progress of science, the trend of seeking medicinal value gradually declined, and delicious sweet wine with fruit aroma was replaced.