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I guess this would apply to any orange flavored liquor. Anyway, while working at a liquor store, my fiance spoke to an orange farmer (this was down in the Orlando area). Anyway, he told her that at the farm he worked at, the oranges were used to exract the oils from the fruit, where they would be added to Bacardi rum to make Bacardi O. He told her that the orange you tasted was not being tasted at all, but rather, smelled. He said that if you plugged your nose and took a drink, it would taste just like regular rum, without any orange flavor at all. Can anybody debunk or confirm this?
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If you plug your nose and drink or eat anything, the flavour is hard to discern. That's why you can't taste well when you have a cold.
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quote:Originally posted by Vivling: If you plug your nose and drink or eat anything, the flavour is hard to discern. That's why you can't taste well when you have a cold.
Yeah, I think everyone's experienced that. I was wondering if there was actually flavoring added, or if its just an aromatic.
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quote:In 1849, in Angers, France, confectioner Adolphe Cointreau and his brother, Edouard-Jean created a brand new spirit from the fruits of the area. They had noticed that the traditional opaque liqueurs encased in elaborate bottles were beginning to lose their popularity, as people were craving something out of the ordinary, something dramatically different.... He envisaged creating a dramatically different spirit - a crystal-clear liqueur - based on a blend of sweet and bitter orange peels from the most exotic parts of the world. ... Every sip of Cointreau ...begins with the scent of oranges, then the chill of ice, leading to the strength of alcohol. This is followed by a smooth, warming sensation and the lingering afterglow of bitter and sweet oranges. Cointreau's subtle taste originates from the blend of fragrant peels from bitter and sweet oranges, which have been carefully grown and meticulously selected for their quality. Once the peels are separated from the pulp by hand, they are shipped to the Cointreau distillery in Angers, where the painstakingly perfected distillation process will commence.
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OK, I have a medical condition which almost completely prevents me from smelling anything. What would you like me to taste? From my XP I can say that Southern Comfort, Golden Pear and Amarulla really taste fruit... although Golden Pear was a big yuck, won't buy it any more.
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quote:Originally posted by beaver_slayer: OK, I have a medical condition which almost completely prevents me from smelling anything. What would you like me to taste? From my XP I can say that Southern Comfort, Golden Pear and Amarulla really taste fruit... although Golden Pear was a big yuck, won't buy it any more.
Thanks for the offer. I'm not so sure what I was thinking when I posted originally, because I wasn't nearly as clear as I originally intended. I guess I was just a little worn down at work. Anyway, I was talking about orange "infused" liquors, such as orange rum and orange vodka. They should have the same added ingreadiants to give it its orange "flavoring". Brandwise, you can pretty much find something by Smirnoff, Bacardi, or even alot of the cheaper vodka and rum brands have flavors now.
By the way, what did you think of the Amarulla? My fiance hated it, but I thought it was a pretty good after dinner drink.
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quote:He told her that the orange you tasted was not being tasted at all, but rather, smelled. He said that if you plugged your nose and took a drink, it would taste just like regular rum, without any orange flavor at all. Can anybody debunk or confirm this?
quote:I was wondering if there was actually flavoring added, or if its just an aromatic.
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What is the difference between an aromatic and a flavour? Would the flavouring produce a sweeter sensation?
My point was that taste and smell are so closely experienced that I'm not sure there is a difference. Would you notice variation between a rum with an orange aroma as opposed to an orange flavour? I am genuinely curious because I don't think I'd be able to discern the two.
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I guess that's what I want to find out too, which is why if beaver_slayer can taste something for us, I think that we can find out. You're right of course, about taste and smell being so closely related.
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If you add enough orange peel to the base spirit you will taste it as well as smell it - Cointreau is a good example of this, and gin, which is infused with juniper amongst other things, but very few flavours are going to dominate a spirit which is 40% abv, which is why vodkas tend to use 'just enough' of a flavour to give an aromatic element. Aqua Vit for example reeks of anis but plug your nose and roll a shot around your mouth and it will 'taste' just like surgical spirit, though you'd notice the ''glow' of anis, like you would chili vodka etc
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