Triple sec
| Type | Liqueur |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | (various) |
| Country of origin | Saumur, France |
| Introduced | 1849 |
| Alcohol by volume | 15% to 40% [1] |
| Color | Clear, golden, blue |
| Flavor | Orange |
Triple sec (french << triple dry >>), originally Curaçao triple sec, is a variety of Curaçao liqueur, an orange-flavoured liqueur made from the dried peels of bitter and sweet orange.
Triple sec may be consumed neat as a digestif or on the rocks, but is more typically used as an ingredient in a variety of cocktails such as the sangria, margarita, Kamikaze, White Lady, Long Island Iced Tea, Sidecar, Skittle Bomb, Corpse Reviver #2 and Cosmopolitan.
History
The Combier distillery claims that triple sec was invented some time between 1834 and 1848 by Jean-Baptiste Combier in Saumur, France.[2] However, Combier was more famous for its élixir Combier, which contained orange but also many other flavorings.[3]
According to Cointreau, its orange liqueur was created in 1849.[4]
Triple sec was certainly widely known by 1878; at the Exposition Universelle of 1878 in Paris, several distillers were offering "Curaço [sic] triple sec" as well as "Curaço doux".[5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Bar None Drinks" [www.barnonedrinks.com/tips/dictionary/t/triple-sec-922.html]
- ↑ The Combier web site says that Combier's confectionery store opened in 1834, but says only that Triple Sec was invented "à cette époque" as a filling for his candies and chocolates; it also does not mention when Combier's Triple Sec was actually commercialized.
- ↑ "Les liquoristes saumurois" in Saumur jadis, anonymous Web publication at cites Richard Gasnier, Les liquoristes saumurois de 1830 à 1910, mém. de maîtrise, Angers, 2000, B. U. de l'U.C.O., 15 747 ; François Bouyssi et Isabelle Emeriau, "James Combier (1842–1917 ). Essai biographique...", S.L.S.A.S.,, 1992, pp. 46–89 ; Alain Mariez, "Un zeste d'orange, deux doigts d'ambition", L'Anjou, décembre 1995, pp. 70–77 ; Christelle Couvreux, Marie Bardisa, La Distillerie Combier. Saumur, Itinéraires du Patrimoine, 1999.
- ↑ .
- ↑ The Lancet Analytical Commission, "Report on the Food Products exhibited in the French and English Departments of the Universal Exhibition of Paris", The Lancet, September 21, 1878, p. 417f.
