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| x Lime |
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Lime is a term referring to a number of different fruits, both species and hybrids and generally citruses, which have their origin in the Himalayan region of India and which are typically round, green to yellow in color, 3–6 cm in diameter, and...
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| x Vodka |
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Vodka (Russian: водка) is a distilled liquor composed solely of water and ethyl alcohol with possible traces of impurities and flavorings. Vodka is made from a fermented substance of either grain, rye, wheat, potatoes, or sugar beet molasses.
Vodka...
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| x Gin |
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Gin is a spirit whose predominant flavor is derived from juniper berries (Junipers communis). Whereas several different styles of gin have existed since its origins, gin is broadly differentiated into two basic legal categories. Distilled gin is...
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| x Cognac |
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Cognac (pronounced /ˈkɒnjæk/), named after the town of Cognac in France, is the most famous variety of brandy, produced in the wine-growing region surrounding the town from which it takes its name, in the French Departements of Charente and Charente...
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Bénédictine is an herbal liqueur beverage produced in France. Its recipe contains 27 plants and spices.
In 1510, at the Benedictine Abbey of Fécamp in Normandy, a monk named Dom Bernardo Vincelli developed a recipe for an aromatic elixir. It was...
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| x Chartreuse |
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Chartreuse is a French liqueur composed of distilled alcohol flavored with 130 herbal extracts. The liqueur is named after the Grande Chartreuse monastery where it was formerly produced, located in the Chartreuse Mountains. The liqueur is nowadays...
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| x Dubonnet |
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Dubonnet is a wine-based aperitif similar to Buckfast Tonic Wine. It is a blend of fortified wine, herbs, spices and quinine, with fermentation being stopped by the addition of alcohol.
Dubonnet was first sold in 1846 by Joseph Dubonnet, in response...
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| x Orange |
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An orange—specifically, the sweet orange—is the citrus Citrus ×sinensis (syn. Citrus aurantium L. var. dulcis L., or Citrus aurantium Risso) and its fruit. The orange is a hybrid of ancient cultivated origin, possibly between pomelo (Citrus maxima)...
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| x Brandy |
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Brandy (from brandywine, derived from Dutch brandewijn—"burnt wine") is a spirit produced by distilling wine, the wine having first been produced by fermenting grapes. Brandy generally contains 36%–60% alcohol by volume and is typically taken as an...
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| x Lillet |
Lillet is a brand of French aperitif wine. It is a blend of 85% wine and citrus liqueurs made from a variety of oranges. Lillet is matured in oak casks and available in red and white versions. While it has been produced since the late 1800s, the...
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| x Half and half |
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Half and half refers to various beverages or liquid foods made of an equal-parts mixture of two substances, including dairy products, alcoholic beverages, and soft drinks. The United States dairy product known as half and half is a mixture of one...
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| x Creme de cacao |
Chocolate liqueur is a liqueur with a principal flavor of chocolate. "Chocolate liqueur" also refers to a candy with a liquid (usually a liqueur) center in a chocolate shell; these candies are also known as "liqueur chocolates".
There are many...
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| x Angostura bitters |
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Angostura bitters, often simply referred to as angostura, is a concentrated bitters for food and beverages made of water, alcohol, gentian root, and vegetable flavoring extracts by House of Angostura in the country of Trinidad and Tobago. Despite...
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| x Rye whiskey |
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Rye whiskey may refer to two types of whiskey: 1) American rye whiskey, must be distilled from at least 51 percent rye; 2) Canadian rye whisky, may or may not include rye, so long as it possesses the aroma, taste and character generally attributed...
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| x Vermouth |
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Vermouth is a fortified wine, flavored with aromatic herbs and spices ("aromatized" in the trade) such as cardamom, cinnamon, marjoram and chamomile. Some vermouth is sweetened; however, unsweetened, or dry, vermouth tends to be bitter. The person...
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| x Lemon |
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The lemon is a small evergreen tree (Citrus limon) originally native to Asia, and is also the name of the tree's oval yellow fruit. The fruit is used for culinary and nonculinary purposes throughout the world – primarily for its juice, though the...
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| x Bitters |
A bitter is an alcoholic beverage that contains herbal essences, has a bitter or bittersweet flavor, and is typically flavored with citrus. There are numerous brands of bitters, which were formerly marketed as patent medicines but are now considered...
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Squashes generally refer to four species of the genus Cucurbita native to Mexico and Central America, also called marrows depending on variety or the nationality of the speaker. In North America, squash is loosely grouped into summer squash or...
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| x Cyprus Brandy |
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The production of brandy on Cyprus began in the year 1871 by ETKO (the oldest surviving distiller on the island) following their importation of a pot still from Cognac in 1868. Data coming from the English explorer Samuel Baker revealed that in 1875...
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| x Lemonade |
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Lemonade is a lemon-flavored drink, typically made from lemons, water and sugar.
The term can refer to three different types of beverage:
The French word limonade, which originally referred to unsweetened lemon-flavoured water or carbonated soda,...
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| x Red Bull |
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Red Bull is an energy drink which is produced and sold by the Austrian company Red Bull GmbH. In 2006, more than 3 billion cans were sold in over 130 countries.
The beverage's slogan is "Gives you Wings."
Red Bull originated from an energy drink...
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| x Applejack |
Applejack is a strong alcoholic beverage produced from apples, originating from the American colonial period, and thought to originate from the French apple brandy Calvados. Applejack is made by concentrating hard cider, either by the traditional...
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| x Grenadine |
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Grenadine is traditionally a red syrup. It is used as an ingredient in cocktails, both for its flavor and to give a reddish/pink tinge to mixed drinks. "Grenadines" are also made by mixing the syrup with cold water in a glass or pitcher, sometimes...
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| x Amaretto |
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Amaretto is a sweet almond-flavoured liqueur of Italian origin. It is made from a base of apricot or almond pits, or sometimes both.
The name is a diminutive of the Italian amaro, meaning "bitter", indicating the distinctive flavour lent by the...
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| x Triple sec |
Triple sec is an orange-flavored liqueur made from the dried peel of oranges from the Caribbean. Its name means triple distilled.
It is widely used in mixed drinks and recipes as a sweetening and flavoring agent. Better-quality brands are made from...
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| x Ginger ale |
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Ginger ale is a carbonated soft drink flavored with ginger.
Ginger ales come in two varieties: golden ginger ale and dry ginger ale. Golden ginger ale, dark colored and strong flavored, is the older style. The drink came from Eastern Europe, where...
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| x Hpnotiq |
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HPNOTIQ is a blue 35 proof (17% ABV) fruit liqueur made from vodka, cognac, and tropical fruit juices. It is available in over 35 countries worldwide.
HPNOTIQ is the fourth best-selling fruit liqueur in the United States, according to Adams Beverage...
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| x Coffee |
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Coffee is a brewed beverage prepared from roasted seeds, commonly called coffee beans, of the coffee plant. They are seeds of "coffee cherries" that grow on trees in over 70 countries. Green coffee is one of the most traded commodities in the world,...
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Sugar is a class of edible crystalline substances, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose. Human taste buds interpret its flavor as sweet. Sugar as a basic food carbohydrate primarily comes from sugar cane and from sugar beet, but also appears in...
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| x Cointreau |
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Cointreau (pronounced [kwan'-tro]) is a brand of triple sec liqueur, and is produced in Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou, a suburb of Angers, France. Cointreau sources its bitter oranges from all over the world, usually Spain, Brazil and Saint-Raphaël,...
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| x Baileys Irish Cream |
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Baileys Irish Cream (the registered trademark omits the apostrophe) is an Irish whiskey and cream based liqueur, made by Gilbeys of Ireland. The trademark is currently owned by Diageo. It has a declared alcohol content of 17% alcohol by volume....
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| x Grand Marnier |
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Grand Marnier (pronounced [gʀɑ̃maʀnje]) is a liqueur created in 1880 by Alexandre Marnier-Lapostolle. It is made from a blend of true cognacs and distilled essence of bitter orange. Grand Marnier is 40% alcohol (80 proof). It is produced in several...
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| x Cream |
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Cream (including light whipping cream) is a dairy product that is composed of the higher-butterfat layer skimmed from the top of milk before homogenization. In un-homogenized milk, over time, the lighter fat rises to the top. In the industrial...
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| x Orange juice |
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Orange juice is a popular breakfast beverage made from the extraction (squeezing) of liquid from fresh oranges. The term "orange juice" is also used, both colloquially and commercially, to refer to "concentrated orange juice".
Some refrigerated...
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| x Pisco |
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Pisco (from Quechua: pisqu, little bird) is a South American liquor distilled from grapes. Developed by Spanish settlers in the sixteenth century, it takes its name from the conical pottery in which it was originally aged, which was also the name of...
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| x Egg white |
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Egg white is the common name for the clear liquid (also called the albumen or the glair/glaire) contained within an egg. It is the cytoplasm of the egg, which until fertilization is a single cell (including the yolk). It consists mainly of about 15%...
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| x Lime Juice |
Juice extracted by squeezing the pulp of limes.
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| x Syrup |
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In cooking, a syrup (from Arabic شراب sharab, beverage, via Latin siropus) is a thick, viscous liquid, containing a large amount of dissolved sugars, but showing little tendency to deposit crystals. The viscosity arises from the multiple hydrogen...
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| x Coca-Cola |
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Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines internationally. The Coca-Cola Company claims that the beverage is sold in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia,...
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| x Port wine |
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Port wine (also known as Vinho do Porto, Porto, and often simply Port) is a Portuguese style of fortified wine originating from the Douro Valley in the northern provinces of Portugal. It is typically a sweet red wine, often served as a dessert wine,...
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| x Egg yolk |
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An egg yolk is a part of an egg which feeds the developing embryo. The egg yolk is suspended in the egg white (known more formally as albumen or ovalbumin) by one or two spiral bands of tissue called the chalazae. Prior to fertilization, the yolk...
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| x Crème de menthe |
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Crème de menthe is a sweet, mint-flavored alcoholic beverage. Its flavor is primarily derived from corsican mint. It is available commercially in a colorless (called "white") and a green version (which obtains its color from the mint leaves or from...
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| x Fernet Branca |
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Fernet is a type of amaro, a bitter, aromatic spirit. Fernet is made from a number of herbs and spices which vary according to the brand, but may include myrrh, rhubarb, chamomile, cardamom, aloe, and saffron, with a base of grape distilled spirits,...
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| x Sazerac Rye Whiskey | |||
| x Peychaud's Bitters |
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Peychaud's Bitters, originally created around 1830 by Antoine Amédée Peychaud, a Creole apothecary from the French colony of Saint-Domingue, now Haiti, who settled in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1795, is distributed by Sazerac. It is a gentian-based...
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| x Absinthe |
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Absinthe is historically described as a distilled, highly alcoholic (45%–74% ABV) beverage. It is an anise-flavoured spirit derived from herbs, including the flowers and leaves of the herb Artemisia absinthium, commonly referred to as "grande...
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| x Lemon juice |
Lemon juice, a fruit juice, is the juice of lemons (citrus). Fresh lemon juice is obtained by squeezing lemons. Lemon juice, either in natural strength or concentrated, is sold as a bottled product most of the time, usually with the addition of...
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| x Pineapple |
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Pineapple (Ananas comosus) is the common name for an edible tropical plant and also its fruit. It is native to Paraguay and the southern part of Brazil. Pineapple is eaten fresh or canned and is available as a juice or in juice combinations. It is...
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| x Rum |
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Rum is a distilled beverage made from sugarcane by-products such as molasses and sugarcane juice by a process of fermentation and distillation. The distillate, a clear liquid, is then usually aged in oak and other barrels. The majority of the world...
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| x Bacardi 151 |
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Bacardi 151 is an over-proof rum. The 151-proof liquor has an alcohol content of 75.5%.
Due to its high proof, it is typically used as a component in cocktails (whose final alcohol concentration may or may not be greater than that of drinks made...
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| x Cachaça |
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Cachaça
(IPA: [ˌkaˈʃasɐ]) is the most popular distilled alcoholic beverage in
Brazil. Cachaça is denomination of origin, in other countries it is
known as "aguardente", "aguardiente" or other names. Cachaça is only
produced in Brazil. The average...
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| x Coconut milk |
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Coconut milk is a sweet, milky white cooking base derived from the meat of a mature coconut. The colour and rich taste of the milk can be attributed to the high oil content and sugars. In Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia coconut milk is called santan...
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