Toussaint Coffee Liqueur () is a

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-flavoured

liqueur A liqueur (; ; ) is an alcoholic drink composed of spirits (often rectified spirit) and additional flavorings such as sugar, fruits, herbs, and spices. Often served with or after dessert, they are typically heavily sweetened and un-aged beyond ...

prepared with a

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base that originated in

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

, commemorating the

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hero

Toussaint Louverture François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture (; also known as Toussaint L'Ouverture or Toussaint Bréda; 20 May 1743 – 7 April 1803) was a Haitian general and the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution. During his life, Louverture ...

. Its

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content is 30%.

History

Toussaint was first developed by Anker Horn and his family in Haiti in the late 1970s. It is prepared with

arabica coffee ''Coffea arabica'' (), also known as the Arabic coffee, is a species of flowering plant in the coffee and madder family Rubiaceae. It is believed to be the first species of coffee to have been cultivated and is currently the dominant cultivar, r ...

beans, aged three-year

made from the

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...

, and a combination of

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vanilla Vanilla is a spice derived from orchids of the genus ''Vanilla (genus), Vanilla'', primarily obtained from pods of the Mexican species, flat-leaved vanilla (''Vanilla planifolia, V. planifolia''). Pollination is required to make the p ...

, and

liquorice Liquorice (British English) or licorice (American English) ( ; also ) is the common name of ''Glycyrrhiza glabra'', a flowering plant of the bean family Fabaceae, from the root of which a sweet, aromatic flavouring can be extracted. The liqu ...

flavours.Difford's guide -Toussaint Rum Coffee Liqueur
/ref> In the late 1990s Anker and his son Aloysius launched the drink across Scandinavia, Europe, Haiti and Australia. Toussaint gained a considerable amount of success, especially in the United Kingdom. In 2013, the company was bought by Quintessential Brands, which redesigned its brand, relaunched and moved production to England in the G&J Distillers distillery to ensure a reliable supply and consistent quality. Marbelhead Brand Development distributes the liqueur, and was responsible for its reintroduction in the United Kingdom.

Awards

Touissant was awarded 5+ stars, the highest rating by the renowned Difford's Guide in 2013. In 2014, the Global Rum Masters awarded it Gold for flavored rum and in 2015, gave it the ''Master Medal'' for complex.

Cocktail

In 2013, the cocktail ''L'Ouverture'' named and prepared by Nicci Stringfellow, a representative for Marblehead distributors using Toussaint as the principal, has won Gold in the ''Drinks International Cocktail Challenge''.

Competition

In April 2014 in the United Kingdom, Toussaint Coffee Liqueur introduced a competition for bartenders to create a cocktail using the liqueur, as well as a dish that incorporates the liqueur.

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