Persiko
Persiko (French: persicot , from Latin persicus for " peach "), also Persico, is originally a brandy made from fruit stones or bitter almonds , which therefore has a certain similarity to amaretto . In Germany, Persiko has also been the name that has become common since the 1970s for a liqueur made from sour cherry juice with 16 to 25 percent alcohol by volume, actually called “Sour with Persiko” .
history
The origin of Persiko is unknown. In Germany it had been widespread at least since the 18th century. Because of the unintentional hydrogen cyanide produced during stone fruit processing, it was banned in some countries along with other beverages classified as harmful, such as absinthe from 1915. The name is neither protected nor is there a legal definition of the drink.
ingredients
The classic persicolour liqueur is a sub-form of the peach liqueur. Originally, extracts or distillates from peach stones, cherry stones, peach leaves and bitter almonds were used for it, and some essential oils were also used.
According to the Meyers encyclopedia from 1888, Persiko liqueur should be used for the production
- Bitter almond oil 4.0
- Cardamom oil 5 drops.
- Orange blossom oil 2 drops.
- Lemon oil 5 drops.
- Spirit 4 liters
- Sugar 2.5 kg and
- 10 liters of water
be used. At the end it says literally as a health note: "Of course, bitter almond oil free of hydric acid must be used."
Persiko as a cult drink
Persiko (the short name for the cherry liqueur “Sauern with Persiko”) became a popular fashion drink among young people and disco goers in the 1970s . It was common to mix persiko with other soft drinks and / or beer. In the early 1980s, it was replaced by other drinks and developed into a niche product.
Current products
The beverage manufacturer Berentzen sells a sour cherry liqueur with an alcohol content of 25 percent under the name Persiko . In the spelling “Persico”, the manufacturer Hardenberg-Wilthen offers a classic sour cherry liqueur with 18% alcohol, plus a newer Waldmeister variant. In addition, numerous smaller distilleries offer liqueurs with different ingredients under the names "Persiko" or "Persico". The sour cherry liqueur made with persico aroma also continues to exist under its original name “Sour with Persico” (or “with Persico”).
Since 2003, the spirits manufacturer Rauter has been selling a liqueur based on the original persicore recipe (without the addition of sour cherry juice) under the brand name TABU under the name "Volume 33 rpm Persico". In addition to peach kernel, bitter almond and peach blossom distillate, the drink contains extracts from sandalwood and from rose, clove and other essential oils and has an alcohol content of 33 percent.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Dictionnaire de l'Académie française: With German translation, Volume 2. S. 61, Verlags-Comptoir, Grimma 1839 ( on Google Books )
- ↑ Charles Bryant: Carl Bryant's directory of the food both native and foreign plants. P. 342, Weidemanns Erben and Reich, Leipzig 1785 ( on Google Books)
- ↑ Ignaz Heinrich Schürmayer: Handbook of the medical police. S. 117, Enke, Erlangen 1848 ( on Google Books )
- ↑ a b c Artificial language meets cult drink: The rediscovery of TABU Volume 33 rpm Persico. Press release on the Rauter distillery website, accessed on December 19, 2013
- ↑ Thomas Majhen: The bar fibula. P. 507, Epubli Berlin 2013
- ↑ Erich Kolb (Ed.): Spirituosen-Technologie. S. 191, Behr's Verlag, Hamburg 2002
- ↑ Berentzen Persiko, ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Berentzen-Gruppe AG website, accessed on December 18, 2013
- ↑ Hardenberg - Products ( Memento of the original of December 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of Hardenberg-Wilthen AG, accessed on December 18, 2013
- ↑ Persiko ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Hartenstein distillery website, accessed on December 18, 2013
- ↑ Persico on the website of the Felix Rauter distillery, accessed on December 18, 2013
- ↑ Wolff's Sauern mit Persiko on the website of the beverage trade JG Wolff, accessed on December 19, 2013
- ↑ Sauern mit Persico ( Memento of the original from December 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the spirits manufacturer Schilkin , accessed December 19, 2013
- ↑ Erich Kolb (Ed.): Spirituosen-Technologie. P. 362, Behr's Verlag, Hamburg 2002
