Freshly brewed espresso captured in a bottle - dark, bittersweet and with a long, roasted finish.
Expert's Description
Giffard's Cafe Liqueur is a French Coffee liqueur based on roasted coffee beans, bottled at 20% ABV.
Giffard is a French, family-owned liqueur house from Angers in the Loire Valley, founded in 1885 by the pharmacist and herbalist Émile Giffard, who invented a white mint liqueur with digestive properties. Its success led him to convert his pharmacy into a distillery, and today - five generations later - the house is still family-run, producing more than 60 fruit and herbal liqueurs for bartenders and cocktail enthusiasts around the world. This liqueur is part of the Giffard Classic Liqueurs range, crafted with a focus on natural ingredients, authentic flavours and classic French craftsmanship. The liqueur is made through traditional distillation with roasted coffee beans and pure French beet sugar, giving a deep, almost opaque coffee colour.
Taste
The nose is intense with freshly roasted coffee beans, touched by walnut, chocolate and vanilla. The palate is velvety with bittersweet notes of freshly brewed espresso and dark cocoa, and the finish is long and lightly bitter with coffee and dark chocolate, plus a hint of spice.
Specifications
Name: Cafe Liqueur
Producer: Giffard
Region/Country: Angers, France
Type: French Coffee Liqueur (Classic Liqueurs)
Main Ingredients/Flavourings: Roasted coffee beans, beet sugar
ABV: 20%
Size: 70 CL
Serving Suggestion: in an Espresso Martini, a White Russian, or neat over ice
Flavour Profile
Coffee · Bittersweet · Chocolate · Roasted
Did You Know?
Did you know Giffard's Cafe Liqueur is traditionally distilled with whole roasted coffee beans rather than coffee extract? It's the same underlying method that makes the liqueur popular in classic cocktails such as the Espresso Martini and White Russian.
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