Creme de cassis is a French blackcurrant liqueur with a sweet taste and red color. It can be served in a liqueur glass, mixed drinks, or as a dessert sauce. Kir, Tequila Sunrise, and Snake Bite are popular cassis drinks. It is also used in layered drinks and served as a digestif or aperitif in France.
Creme de cassis is a French blackcurrant liqueur. Cassis is the French name for the berries known as black currants. Cream of cassis originated in 16th century France, where blackcurrants were used as a cure for snakebites. The blackcurrant fruit gives this liqueur a red color and a sweet taste.
Although cream of cassis is served in a liqueur glass or in mixed drinks, it can also be used as a dessert sauce. It can be served on ice cream or angel cake. Fresh berries, such as strawberries, blackberries or blueberries, are the ideal accompaniment to fruity liqueur, since they are also berry-flavored.
Kir is one of the best known cream of cassis drinks. It is named after Dijon, the 1945 Mayor of France, Canon Felix Kir. Cassis liqueur is combined with white wine to create the drink. Kir should be served in a red wine glass. Some versions of Kir use champagne, burgundy, or sparkling wine instead of white wine.
Another drink recipe that contains creme de cassis is the Tequila Sunrise. Sunrise is served in an ice-filled glass with tequila, soda, and lime juice in addition to blackcurrant liqueur. In addition to the cassis liqueur, a Tequila Sunrise usually contains another fruity liqueur called Orange Curacao.
A cassis liqueur drink gets its name from the early use of blackcurrants as a snakebite cure. The “Snake Bite” drink contains creme de cassis, licorice liqueur, lager and cider. This drink can be mixed or layered.
Pousse coffees are layered drinks carefully created so that the layers of color can be viewed through a clear bar glass. In order for the layers of liquid to stay separated into bands of color, such as yellow, green, and red, the heavier liquors are poured at the bottom with the lighter ones saved for the top of the drink. Creme de cassis often follows brandy as the next heaviest liquor in a pousse café.
Pousse-cafe means “coffee chaser” when translated from its French meaning. Cream of cassis is a type of drink considered digestif or digestif. It is served after a meal with coffee and dessert as it is thought to be good for the digestive system. In France, cassis liqueur is also consumed before meals as an aperitif, which is served before a meal.
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