Orange zest

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Cointreau

Name: Cointreau 350ml
SKU: 100366
Price: 37.99 NZD
Availability: InStock

Spirits · France · 350ml · 13%

$37.99each

What it tastes like

A French orange liqueur with sweet orange zest and a smooth finish, made for margaritas and classic cocktails.

Orange zest

Additional information

Spirits
Style: France
Origin: 350ml
Size: 13% ABV
Alcohol: 0.4 per bottle
Standard drinks

The story of Cointreau

Cointreau is made in Angers, in France's Loire Valley, by a family that began as confectioners. In 1849 Adolphe Cointreau started adding liqueurs to the business, beginning with a local cherry liqueur called Guignolet, and an orange liqueur first turns up in the family recipe books in 1857. Angers is still the only place Cointreau is made.

It was Adolphe's nephew, Édouard Cointreau, who focused the house on the orange. He found the curaçao liqueurs of his day too sweet and too weak, and after years of work he produced a clear liqueur that was drier and more concentrated. The distinctive square bottle was among the trademarks the family registered.

The recipe is only four things: alcohol made from sugar beet, water, sugar and orange peel. The peel is a blend of sweet and bitter oranges, sun-dried and then distilled in copper stills, with only the heart of the run kept. It is bottled at 40 per cent.

Drink it neat or over ice, or use it in the cocktails that made it famous: the Margarita, the Cosmopolitan, the Sidecar and the Espresso Martini.