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39. Liqueurs and Eaux-de-vie PART IV 39. Liqueurs and Eaux-de-vie

Chapter 39 Liqueurs and Eaux-de-vie At the end of the class, you will define liqueur and understand the production of liqueurs know the flavour, colour, base spirit, and country of origin for different types of liqueurs make specialty coffee understand the meaning of eaux-de-vie

Liqueurs Liqueurs are flavoured and sweetened spirits having high alcoholic content. Liqueurs are served in small quantities as digestives at the end of the meal

Production of Liqueurs To produce liqueurs, the following main ingredients are necessary Spirit Flavouring agents Herbs, flowers,fruits,barks,roots,seeds Sweetening agents Colouring agent (optional)

Production of Liqueurs Extraction of Flavouring – Pressure, Maceration, Infusion, percolation Distillation Compounding Maturing Sweetening and Colouring Fining Bottling

Liqueurs - their flavour, colour, base, and origin

Making Liqueur/Liquor Coffee(Specialty Coffee) Black coffee with liqueur or spirit and cream floated on top is termed as specialty coffee. These coffees take their names depending on the type of liqueurs or spirits used in their making. The steps involved in making this type of coffee are as follows: Take 6 oz glass (some establishments use 8 oz glass) Pour a measure of liqueur or spirit into the glass (normally, it is 50ml)

Making Liqueur/Liquor Coffee(Specialty Coffee) Add 2 bar spoons of sugar, if required (demerara sugar is preferred) Pour hot black coffee (100 ml) into the glass up to 1.5 cm below the rim of the glass and Stir Slightly aerate the cream (20 ml) for about few seconds and Pour the cream gently over the back of the spoon held over coffee against the side of the glass so as to make the cream gently slide and settle over the coffee. Continue pouring till it reaches about 1 cm thick. Remove the spoon, place the glass on an under plate with doily and serve

Liqueur/Liquor Coffee(Specialty Coffee) Following are the examples for some of the specialty coffees Monk’s Coffee : Bénédictine Calypso Coffee : Tia-Maria Seville Coffee : Cointreau Prince Charles Coffee : Drambuie Irish Coffee : Irish whiskey Russian Coffee : Vodka German Coffee : Kirsch Italian Coffee : Strega

Eaux-de-vie Eaux-de-vie are spirits distilled from fruit and are also called fruit brandies. The characteristics of fruit brandies are: The alcoholic content of eaux-de-vie is more compared to most of the liqueurs. Termed as white alcohols and are dry to taste. Aged in glass, not in wood, except calvados. Alsace region of France is well known for the production of eaux-de-vie. Calvados, Apple Jack, Poire Williams are some of the examples

Points to Remember Liqueurs are flavoured and sweetened spirits served as digestives at the end of the meal. Eaux-de-vie or fruit brandies are distilled from the fermented mash of fruit. Has more alcoholic strength than liqueurs. Colourless (except Calvados) and are dry to taste. Served chilled as digestives.