Passoã is a passion-fruit

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made in

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, with

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being the main ingredient. Invented in 1985, the brand was owned by

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group. In December 2016 Passoã SAS was established as a result of a joint venture between

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and Rémy Cointreau. The product was launched in 1986 in the European market and in 1994 worldwide, and has been a nationally best-selling liqueur in several national markets, including Puerto Rico, the Netherlands and Belgium. The liqueur, in the form of a red liquid, comes in a black bottle and has an alcohol volume of 14.9 to 20% - depending on the country. The original version of Passoã contains passion-fruit juice from Brazil. Passoã has also developed ready-to-serve cocktails: Cosmopolitan, Caipirinha and Zombie fire. The most popular cocktail made with Passoã is the Porn Star Martini, with vanilla vodka and

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on the side. One can also pair Passoã with water or with tonic. The name "Passoã" is an instance of

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; though it uses the Portuguese character ''ã'', there is no such word in the language. The Portuguese word for passion fruit is ''maracujá'', while the word for "passion" is ''paixão''.

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