ratafia
Sign in to savethumb|right|220 px|Ratafià of Andorno Micca|Andorno, Italy Ratafia is a broad term used for two types of sweet alcoholic beverages, a flavouring essence whose taste resembles bitter almonds, later to a ratafia flavoured biscuit, a biscuit to be eaten along with ratafia, and later still, to a cherry variety.
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- Drink.name
- Ratafia
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- Ratafia dels Raiers, from La Pobla de Segur
- Drink.type
- Sweet alcoholic beverage
- Drink.origin
- Mediterranean
- Drink.flavour
- Fruits or kernels, usually almond, green wild walnuts or the kernels of peach, apricot or cherry.
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- Liqueur
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thumb|right|220 px|Ratafià of Andorno Micca|Andorno, Italy Ratafia is a broad term used for two types of sweet alcoholic beverages, a flavouring essence whose taste resembles bitter almonds, later to a ratafia flavoured biscuit, a biscuit to be eaten along with ratafia, and later still, to a cherry variety.
The Oxford English Dictionary lists the word's earliest date of use as 1670.