Lapponia liqueur review + 5 cocktail recipes

Lapponia (Lapponia) is an impeccable Finnish liqueur, which has a special softness, excellent taste and aroma of northern berries.

The high quality of liqueurs is based on centuries-old traditions. The history of the brand began in 1867, when the All-Russian Emperor Alexander II gave permission to the Turku merchant Andres Bernhard Norfods to make wines and liqueurs from Finnish berries (cloudberries, lingonberries, cranberries, sea buckthorn and blueberries).

Features of liquor production

All berries for the production of liquor are hand-picked in Lapland. Further, the production process itself takes place in four stages:

  1. Isolation of berry extract by tincture of whole fruits in neutral alcohol with a strength of 30 degrees. The process takes 3 to 6 weeks.

  2. Then the berry infusion is double distilled and diluted to 21% with natural berry juice and sugar syrup to achieve a harmonious taste and light sweetness.

  3. The almost finished drink is aged for 60 days in special containers.

  4. At the final stage, the liquor is cold-cleaned and then bottled.

An important component that is part of the berry liqueur is water. It is believed that it is the Finns who drink the purest water in the world, so it has a beneficial effect on the formation of the exquisite taste and aroma of all Lapponia liqueurs.

Despite the fact that in the XNUMXst century almost all enterprises are trying to mechanize and computerize a significant part of the processes, the liqueur manufacturer Lapponia still prefers human labor rather than a soulless machine. According to them, only a person can put a piece of his soul and love into the work.

Types of Lapponia liqueur

As mentioned earlier, this drink is prepared exclusively from northern berries that grow in Lapland. The line includes five types of liquor with a strength of 21%:

  1. Lapponia Lakka

    An excellent digestif that goes well in cocktails with rum and cocoa or coffee.

  2. Lapponia Lingonberry (брусника)

    This liqueur is best served chilled as a digestif or in cocktails.

  3. Lapponia Tyrni (sea buckthorn)

    A liqueur served as a digestif in tandem with desserts or as a base for a cocktail.

  4. Lapponia Mustikka (blueberry)

    Blueberry liqueur goes well with pastries or ice cream, it is also used to make various cocktails.

  5. Lapponia Polar Cranberry (клюква)

    It is recommended to use chilled in its pure form or as part of some cocktails.

Finlandia Coffee Cocktail

Ingredients

  1. Lapponia Lacquer – 20 ml

  2. Vodka – 20 ml

  3. Coffee – 120 ml

  4. Cream – 2 tbsp. l.

  5. Sugar syrup – optional

Method of preparation

  1. Pour vodka and cloudberry liqueur into a glass, then add coffee and a layer of cream, beat them into foam beforehand.

  2. If you want to sweeten the cocktail, then add sugar syrup to your coffee, and then pour it into a glass.

Cocktail

Ingredients

  1. Lapponia Lingonberry – 30 мл

  2. Vodka – 20 ml

  3. Lime – 1/2

  4. Ice

Method of preparation

  1. Juice must be squeezed out of the lime.

  2. Then mix all the ingredients in a shaker and shake well.

  3. When serving, strain the contents of the shaker into a glass using a strainer.

Cocktail Bear

Ingredients

  1. Lapponia Sea buckthorn – 20 ml

  2. Vodka – 20 ml

  3. Blackcurrant liqueur – 10 ml

  4. Jelly bear – 1 pc.

Method of preparation

  1. Pour sea buckthorn liqueur, vodka and blackcurrant liqueur into the shot.

  2. When serving: put the bear on a toothpick and insert it into the cocktail.

Cocktail Galaxy Fix

Ingredients

  1. Lapponia Blueberry – 25 ml

  2. Orange vodka – 25 ml

  3. Lemon juice – 25 ml

  4. Sugar syrup – 10 ml

  5. Blackberry – 1 pc.

  6. Ice

Method of preparation

  1. In a shaker, mix blueberry liqueur, orange vodka, lemon juice, sugar syrup and ice.

  2. Strain the cocktail into a martini glass through a strainer.

  3. Garnish with blackberries when serving.

Cocktail Cranberry Fairy

Ingredients

  1. Lapponia Polar Cranberry – 30 ml

  2. Peach liqueur – 20 ml

  3. Cranberry juice – 100 ml

  4. Lime juice – 10 ml

  5. Lime slices – 2 pcs.

  6. Lump ice

Method of preparation

  1. Fill a rocks glass with ice.

  2. Then pour cranberry liqueur, peach liqueur and lime juice into a glass.

  3. Fill the empty space of the glass with cranberry juice and gently stir with a bar spoon.

  4. When serving, throw two slices of lime into the glass.

Relevance: 18.12.2017

Tags: Liqueurs, Pourings, Liqueurs, Brands of liqueurs

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