Passion Fruit Liqueur Azores 0.70l

€21.00

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Description

The passion fruit of S. Miguel, Azores, is a PDO fruit, has a smooth and shiny rind and juicy pulp, unique flavour a very pleasant scent and an intense, strong and characteristic.
The high quality of this fruit originated the famous Passion Fruit Liqueur, considered one of the "ex-libris" of the Azores, having won several awards at various national and international competitions with gold medals.

Having been certified as a high quality product the Passion fruit Liqueur has won 6 gold medals at national and international competitions over the years and become one of the true “emblems” of the archipelago.

Eduardo Ferreira & Sons Liqueur factory is a family business that keeps to the letter the best traditions of liqueur-making in the Azores, made from a homemade recipe, using only the best 100% natural ingredients, the best fruits in the region carefully selected. This liqueur is aged in oak casks for a period of two years before being sold.

Much of the production is now exported to the United States, Canada, South Africa among others.

Azores Passion Fruit Liqueur 0,70l

This liquor contains over 50% of passion fruit pulp, alcohol, sugar and water.

Shipped in a proper bottle container for safe transportation.

History

Passion fruit as well as pineapples, tobacco, beetroots and sweet potatoes - were brought to the Azorean island of São Miguel in the 19th century, to counter the flagging orange crops that had been blighted by a mosquito strain from Brazil. Until then, orange groves had been the mainstay of a thriving economy that led to the building of many stately homes. But the blight, coupled with competition from Spain, wrecked the economy and generated the first waves of emigration, particularly to the U.S.
The passion fruit seeds brought from Brazil was proved to be an inspired choice, for the local soil of volcanic origin, the water supply and the mild climate of São Miguel – particularly at "Ribeira Grande", which concentrates most of the passion fruit cultivation there – and the care and intensive labour employed in its planting and tending offered the perfect conditions for the production of juicy, sweet, high quality produce that soon was being used to make delicious liqueurs.

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