The story of Riga Black Balsam goes back to the 1700th count as the Russian Empress Katharina The great visited town. About the year 1750, the pharmacist produced in Riga, Abraham Kunze, a Kunzer Balsam by means of old pharmacy houses. The page has Wolfschmidt’s distillery in Riga through generations made Riga Balsam and distributed it in clay bottles.
According to legend, Kunze could heal empress Katharina 2. By Russia’s stomach ache when she put a visit in 1752, knowing she regularly drank Riga Balsam during a stay, and soon the drink was one of the favorites at the Russian Hof and across Europe. The name “conditioner” refers to the drink was really a drug.
Only natural ingredients are used for manufacturing; Herbs, roots and berries help to give even connoisseurs a new experience. Riga Black Balsam is mixed in large oak fade – and here the mixture is allowed to “rest” for a long time, to get the characteristic strength and light bitter-sweetness in the taste.
Fragrance.
A total of 24 different ingredients, among other things. Birkeskud, raspberry, ginger, black peppercorns, peppermint, lemon leaves and honey hit the nose with full force
Taste
Delicate differently, very soft and almost velvety on the tongue. Riga Black Balsam opens a whole world of taste impressions from the 24 herbs, spices, flowers, juices and berries included in the recipe. Especially if you give you time to heat the liquid up in the glass before drinking it
Comment
This is certainly not a boring experience – and apart from drinking this bitter for the morning coffee – it is also suitable “under open sky” and in cocktails.
