Lakka or is a

liqueur A liqueur ( , ; ) is an alcoholic drink composed of Liquor, 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-age ...

produced in

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

which derives its flavor from the

cloudberry ''Rubus chamaemorus'' is a species of flowering plant in the rose family. Its English common names include cloudberry, Nordic berry, bakeapple (in Newfoundland and Labrador), knotberry and knoutberry (in England), aqpik or low-bush salmonberry ...

fruit. The word means cloudberry in Finnish. The beverage is produced by soaking the berries in alcohol anywhere between two and six months until sweetened, and is branded by

Chymos Chymos Oy was a Finnish company founded in 1906,Lukka, JuhaniLaatua, tehokkuutta ja ergonomiaa ''Cimcorp customer magazine''. Accessed on 6 January 2017. producing juice, jam, wine, liqueurs and candy. In 1993 the company's candy production was ...

and

Lapponia Lapponia ('Lapland') may refer to: * Lapland (disambiguation), various regions in northern Scandinavia * Lapponia (book), ''Lapponia'' (book), a 1673 ethnographic account of Lapland by Johannes Schefferus * Lapponia (train), a Finnish express passen ...

, both of which are distributed by the Sweden-based

V&S Group V&S Group (''V&S Vin & Sprit AB''), founded in 1917, is an international producer and distributor of alcoholic beverages. The group is currently owned by Pernod Ricard. Headquartered in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, the group employs approxim ...

, best known for its

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product.

External links

Lapponia official website
(Finnish/English)
Chymos Lakkalikööri webpage
(Finnish) Finnish liqueurs {{drink-stub