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Cointreau is a brand of orange-flavoured triple sec liqueur produced in Saint-Barthelemy-d Anjou,France.It is consumed as an aperitif and digestif,and is a component of several well-known cocktails.It was originally called Curacao Blanco Triple Sec .Despite the orange bottle,cointreau is colourless.
Cointreau Distillery was set up in 1849 by Adolphe Cointreau,a confectioner,and his brother Edouard-Jean Cointreau.Their first success was with the cherry liqueur Guignolet,but they also found success when they blended sweet and bitter orange peels and pure alcohol from sugar beets.The first bottles of Cointreau were sold in 1875.An estimated 13 million bottles are sold each year,in more than 150 countries.Ninety percent of production is exported.Cointreau & Cie SA was family-owned until 1990,when it merged with Remy Martin to form Remy Cointreau,now a publicly traded company.
The production methods and recipe are a family secret,but public tours of the facility are offered.Photography is restricted in many areas to protect the production process from being copied
