MEDIEVAL DRINKS
The city of Laon since the Middle Ages is a place where was practised the medicine. The gentlemen returned from crusades any sorts of secrets of use of plants. It is thus natural that a local craftsman wanted to make be reborn all these drinks to the subtle flavours, sometimes surprising at first sight, but to how much fascinating.
Hypocras* : Red wine added by honey, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, cloves, raspberries or rose water. Formerly wine of dessert, very appreciated today in aperitif.
Saugette* : White wine added by honey and by sage. This medieval wine served to ease the digestion agrees perfectly of a very sweet dessert.
Moretum* : Red wine added by honey and blackberries, is the one who asserts most its character.
Claret* : White wine added by canelle, ginger, cardamom, cloves, rose water. it uses as the hypocras in wine of dessert, the ginger helping in the digestion.
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