Cointreau

The first liqueur I ever tried was Cointreau, and I immediately loved it. It is still my favourite liqueur, and is one of the most popular liqueurs in the world.


From Wikipedia:

Cointreau Distillery was set up in 1849 by Adolphe Cointreau, a confectioner, and his brother Edouard-Jean Cointreau. Their first success was with the cherry liqueur guignolet, but they found success when they blended sweet and bitter orange peels and pure alcohol from sugar beets. The first bottles of Cointreau were sold in 1875. An estimated 13 million bottles are sold each year, in more than 150 countries

The production methods and recipe are a family secret, but tours of the facility are open to the public, located in Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou, Angers, in the Loire valley.