Chartreuse (US: /ʃɑːrˈtruːz, -ˈtruːs/ ⓘ, UK: /-ˈtrɜːz/, French: [ʃaʁtʁøz]) is a French herbal liqueur that has been made by Carthusian monks since 1737, reportedly according to instructions set out in a manuscript given to them by François Annibal d’Estrées in 1605.[1] It was named after the monks’ Grande Chartreuse monastery, located in the Chartreuse Mountains north of Grenoble, France. Today the liqueur is produced in their distillery in nearby Aiguenoire. It is composed of distilled alcohol aged with 130 herbs, plants and flowers, and sweetened, though the exact recipe is known only to select monks. The color chartreuse takes its name from the drink.
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- HexesofVexes@lemmy.worldEnglish12 hours
The flavour profile has been described as "being punched in the mouth by a bowl of potpourri " by a colleague of mine.
- ContriteErudite@lemmy.worldEnglish11 hours
As with another well-known French hard liquor, drink enough and you, too, just might taste colors swirling on your tongue and hear emotions swirling in the sky.
spoiler
~Absinthe does not actually cause hallucinations~
- Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish8 hours
Thought it depended on what kind you get. The one generally available in North America is just strong liquor like bacardi 150 (though more of a zambooka flavour), but actual absinthe is made from some tree wood that is hallucigenic. At least, that’s how I understood it; I’ve only tried the boring kind.
- Rooskie91@discuss.onlineEnglish11 hours
It goes quite well in a drink called “The Last Word”. It’s 1 part gin, 1 part green Chartreuse, and 1 part maraschino liqueur.
- tpyo@lemmy.worldEnglish6 hours
That sounds delightful! Would it be blasphemy to add a bit of club soda? I think that’d make it really refreshing
- dgdft@lemmy.worldEnglish6 hours
You’d want to tweak the ratios a bit for that — but yeah, I think it’s a great base for an enhanced gin rickey.
I’d probably aim for something like
- 1.5 oz gin
- .5 oz luxardo
- .5 oz green chart
- 1-2 oz lime
with 6-10 oz of club soda, as a very loose starting point.–
- tpyo@lemmy.worldEnglish4 hours
Saved this comment, thank you
I’d have to buy literally everything on the list but my family likes making cocktails when we’re together; this seems like a good one for that!
- prettybunnys@piefed.socialEnglish11 hours
It’s like drinking flowers.
The same way smoking opium is like smoking flowers.
By their powers combined I’m gonna be insufferable
- kyonshi@piefed.socialEnglish11 hours
The color orange is named after the fruit, not the other way round
That’s how stuff gets their names.
- moakley@lemmy.worldEnglish10 hours
Orange was considered a shade of red until the 1670s. That’s why people with orange hair are called redheads: the word “redhead” predates the naming of the color orange.
8 hoursThe fruit was originally called a norange, from Spanish naranja, but that sounds a bit awkward in English so the n moved over to make it an orange instead.
- Grass@sh.itjust.worksEnglish2 hours
IIRC the original british scientist that named it just kept spelling it inconsistently like alumium, alumin, aluminum, and such, and other british scientists just called it aluminium because they wanted it to end in ‘ium’ like lithium, sodium, potassium, etc. Seemed alright to me except the people that spell it aluminum but pronounce it aluminium can get fucked.
- NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.worldEnglish12 hours
Previously, it was hard to discuss these shades of green with your non-drinking or uncultured friends.
"yeah the frog was this really unique shade of green. Say, have you ever been to Aiguenoire? No? Well the monks make this liqueur there. Oh, you don’t drink? You don’t know what liqueur is? It’s like hard liquor but cut with sugar. Anyways. The monks make this beverage that’s like neon green and the frog reminded me of that. Oh, yeah, neon. Like the green signs? Made with tube lights? "
- ChicoSuave@lemmy.worldEnglish12 hours
Wait until you hear about orange juice being named for the color and not the fruit.
Not quite sure if you are joking but if people don’t know, the english word orange (for the color) actually comes from the fruit! Before that the color was called saffron (or crog) or often “yellow red” or “yellow crog/saffron”.
- tychosmoose@piefed.socialEnglish11 hours
Ah, but the color was named after the fruit!
Before oranges were introduced to English speaking areas the color was called yellow red. The use of orange for the color is only attested from c1500.
- xSikes@feddit.onlineEnglish13 hours
My partner from France introduced this to me, I buy a bottle every other month now. Green over Yellow!
- exocortex@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish2 hours
Oof. Thata a lot of strong stuff. It’s 55% alcohol iirc. You drink that every month? Wow i am living dry at the Moment 😂
- YaksPT@sh.itjust.worksEnglish9 hours
Go to any cocktail bar that has a deep bar and ask for a Last Word. Basically the gin version of a Daiquiri.
