Cointreau Company Visit ” get an insight into the production of the most famous orange liqueur”
Hey beautiful people !
we are back on track with our articles. Today, we are wanted to give ou a little insight into the production of cointreau. Starting with this beautoful advertising which I have found on the internet. Overall, I have to say, the whole production and its tradition has a really nostalgic sense to it. Therefore, I found this picture quite suiting.
cointreau ad – Truefoodsblog
Basics:
- created 1875 in Anger, by Édouard Cointreau and his brother Adolphe
- The company started with a cherry liqueur and all different kinds of fruity liqueurs
- They “claim” to have invented the triple sec, three times distilled liqueur which is crystal clear and less sweet than the competitors.
- Its ever since a family company.
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- Cointreau has been the first company ever to make an advertising movie.
- Above you can see the “Pierrot” a very famous french comedian at this time, who became the symbol of the orange beverage.
- no wonder also that nearly no brand has been tried to be copied than Cointreau
- The raw material is the peels of oranges from all around the world. Its sustainable in a way that peels are being used that otherwise would have been thrown away.
- The peels get tried, cooked in alcohol, which than gets three times distilled to achieve this unique combination of light orange flavor and a crystal clear color.
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Let’s take a look inside!
The Museum contributed to the Cointreau founders is the old destilation which you will see below.
It’s located in Angers, France in Pays de la Loire, the small city we are currently living in. Of course it is not the way they are producing the liqueur today to sell their products world-wide but still, it was beautiful to see the old ways.
The big metal utilities you see in the pictures are actually the distillation tanks.
Cointreau company visit- Truefoodsblog
Everything was covered in this golden light which shine through the big window and its yellow glass at the outer wall of the room.
For the camera it was quite hard to catch it as it was quite dimmed but still, I try to do it.
Can’t wait to improve my skills and to catch those impressions better for you all.
Cointreau Company Visit- Truefoodsblog
Cointreau Company Visit- Truefoodsblog
Cointreau Company Visit- Truefoodsblog
The whole museum was sprinkled with the warm orange lights, of course as a parallelism to the warm color of the bottles itself.
But still, it was really well made and designed. After this door, we were actually not allowed to make any more photos, so lets see you on the other side…
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Cointreau Company Visit- Truefoodsblog
After the tour through the real production line, the packaging and shipping docks and some open mouths we finally came to the bartending station.
Cointreau is an inevitable ingredient in the world most famous cocktails like: Cosmopolitan, Magharita and White Lady + many more.
So the company decided that they will invite each month, a hand full of chosen bartenders to learn new cocktails and get a professional teaching of the bartender masters in house.
Of course, we were so lucky to taste one of their latest cocktails and products!
Cointreau Company Visit- Truefoodsblog
What you see below is the Cointreau Fizz:
how you do it:
- 50ml Cointreau
- 1/2 fresh lime
- 100ml soda
Trick: start with the lemon, than the ice and sprinkle the Cointreau on top
Cointreau Company Visit- Truefoodsblog
Cointreau Company Visit- Truefoodsblog
Definitely a strong but really refreshing summer cocktail. It’s true. Its nice that the liqueur is light in sweetness and not perfumy in taste!
They also introduced a nutty tasting cognac mixture to us, as well as their new blood orange cointreau.
I have to admit that I am a fan of the classic, but the responds of Moritz to the blood orange one was really positive 😉
Cointreau Company Visit- Truefoodsblog
With the last picture- in which you can see the beautiful classmates that we have, we want to thank you for reading & maybe you make it to Cointreau one time as well.
