Fruit tinctures

Liquor stores are filled with multicolored bottles, which Poles are increasingly willing to reach for.

Nowadays, good-quality fruit tinctures can be bought without moving from the armchair at home. Specialized liquor and strong liquor stores offer a wide selection of delicious tinctures with a variety of flavor, aroma and spirit content. A tincture is an alcoholic extract of fruit, but not only. It can be created from flowers or herbs. The alcohol content is usually 40-45 percent. Different types of ingredients used in the preparation of the drink result in different recipes and drinks - fruit, honey, herbal and even spicy. The preparation of a good quality liquor is done through a maceration process. Fruits or herbs are poured over alcohol.

Fruit t inctures are not a typical alcoholic beverage. Many of them are drunk as a remedy for various ailments - raspberry tincture for a cold or juniper tincture for stomach ailments. In Poland, tinctures, then called cordials, are believed to have appeared with the reign of Henry of Valois. In the homes of magnates, noblemen and burghers, tinctures - cherry liqueurs, nut liqueurs or plum liqueurs - created on the basis of family recipes were served.

Old Polish tinctures were not always made only on the basis of fresh fruit. Herbal tinctures with honey or tinctures made from dried fruits were also prepared. Such tinctures usually required 25-70 percent alcohol for preparation. After the tincture preparation process, it was best to store them in barrels in the cellar or buried underground. The alcohol gained strength in the barrel for up to 3 years. Recipes for tinctures varied, and so did their strength. Some were weak, others strong, some sweet, others dry. Tincture was made from rosehip, chokeberry, apricot or cherry. Traditional homemade tinctures are also made today from seasonal fruits.

A glass of fruit t incture drunk from time to time can have a salutary effect on our health. Where did tinctures come from in Poland? It is believed that the first tinctures were created by Hippocrates as a drink of wine and honey with spices. Many years later, Arab alchemists prepared the first moonshine, to which they added herbs and honey. At that time, alcohol tinctures were used for medicinal purposes. Alcohol was used to enhance the properties of herbs. The first tincture to be consumed for the pleasure of the taste and aroma of the liquor was prepared in Italy in the 16th century. Since then, homemade t inctures have been created in many different ways, and hundreds of tincture recipes have been created around the world.

The most common choice of Poles in buying tinctures is cherry tincture. It owes such popularity not only to the uniqueness of its cherry flavor - the cherry in the tincture has wonderful properties for health. Prepared from cherries, the drink is rich in antioxidants and anthocyanins, whose function is to strengthen the immune system and heart. The tincture store presented on the Vinesia portal also offers a wide selection of quince tinctures. Quince improves immunity thanks to its wealth of minerals.

One of the most popular tinctures in Poland is also a raspberry tincture, raspberry tincture, which is wonderfully warming on cool autumn evenings and has an antipyretic effect. It's best to serve raspberry tincture when you're sick with a cold or flu, but its health-promoting effects will also be appreciated when you get stomach ailments from the digestive system. Raspberry tincture regulates the digestive system, helps treat anemia and nervous disorders.

How we serve liquor affects its taste and aroma. There is a reason why tinctures and other liquors are served in properly prepared glasses. What kind of utensils should you choose to best accentuate the flavor of the liquor? Both fruit tinctures and liqueurs can be served in miniature wine glasses with small bowls resting on thin legs. Liquors should be served to the table in a decanter, although you can also serve alcohol to guests directly in glasses.

At what temperature to serve fruit liquor? It is best to serve it cold. It will be best stored at a temperature of about 10-14? The exception to this is krupnik, which is best served heated. The liquor is best drunk in small sips, savoring the taste.

Tasting liquors is an extraordinary adventure full of flavor, sunshine and warmth, you never know what you will find in the glass. We invite you to familiarize yourself with the tinctures featured on the website Winezja.pl