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Crème de cassis (French pronunciation: [kʁɛm də kasis]) (also known as Cassis liqueur) is a sweet, dark red liqueur made from blackcurrants. [1]Several cocktails are made with crème de cassis, notably the popular wine cocktail kir [2] and its sparkling variant, the kir royal. [3]
The Kir is a French cocktail made with a measure of crème de cassis (blackcurrant liqueur) topped up with white wine. In France it is usually drunk as an apéritif before a meal or snack. It was originally made with Bourgogne Aligoté , [ 1 ] a white wine of Burgundy , but today various white wines are used throughout France, according to the ...
A coffee liqueur is a caffeinated alcoholic drink with a coffee flavour. Bottles of Sombai Anise & Coffee rice liqueur Midnight Espresso coffee liqueur. Allen's Coffee Brandy; Amaro 1716 Café du Soir; Black Canyon Distillery, Richardo's Decaf Coffee Liqueur [citation needed] Café Rica – a Costa Rican coffee liqueur [2]
A local drink, then locally known as blanc-cassis, consists of white burgundy wine, traditionally Aligoté, mixed with crème de cassis, a sweet, blackcurrant-flavoured liqueur. Kir habitually served this local drink to delegations, and so the drink itself is now known internationally as a Kir.
The blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum), also known as black currant or cassis, [a] is a deciduous shrub in the family Grossulariaceae grown for its edible berries. It is native to temperate parts of central and northern Europe and northern Asia, where it prefers damp fertile soils.
The traditional recipe was created in 1752 by Abraham Kunze [], an apothecary living in Riga. [6] In 1762, Kunze published an advertisement for the balsam in the December 23rd issue of the Rigische Anzeigen [] newspaper, describing its purported healing properties and instructions for use and offering it in flasks, cruses and bottles of an unspecified volume sealed with wax with his initials ...
Liquorice (Commonwealth English) or licorice (American English; see spelling differences; IPA: / ˈ l ɪ k ər ɪ ʃ,-ɪ s / LIK-ər-ish, -iss) [1] is a confection usually flavoured and coloured black with the extract of the roots of the liquorice plant Glycyrrhiza glabra.
An 1889 Hamoud Boualem advertisement. Hamoud Boualem – soda brand that includes many flavours; NCA Rouiba – Juice brand that includes many flavours [5]; Tchina – Juice- Group Cevital [6]