WHAT ARE CHERRY LIPS AND ITS EFFECT IN COCKTAILS?
It's our quintessential fruit. In all Western languages, it has a name that sounds like cherry; kirsche, cherry, cerise, etc. Its ancient Greek name was cerasus. Cerasus was actually the name of Giresun, the homeland of the cherry, in ancient times. Cerasus eventually became Giresun, and the fruit, which spread globally from this region, returned, taking the name cherry. Indeed, no matter what encyclopedia you look at, you'll read that cherries were first grown in Anatolia. The cherry's scientific name is "prunus avium." According to scientific classification, it's a close relative of the plum. Around 400 cherry species have been identified in the literature. It was a fruit known even in the Neolithic era and was a favorite in Ancient Egypt. In fact, experts say that our ancestors, the ancient inhabitants of Anatolia, produced wine from cherries before they discovered how to make wine from grapes.
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-The person who brought cherries to Europe in 73 BC. A generation or two after Lucullus brought cherries to Rome, cherry varieties of various colors were produced in every region where the climate conditions allowed. Cherry, with its very balanced sweet and sour flavor, found its place in many cocktails.
