Cointreau is a so-called' triple sec', produced in Saint-Barthélemy-d' Anjou, France. The original name was' Curaçao Blanco Triple Sec'. The Cointreau distillery was founded in 1849 by pastry bakers Adolphe and Edouard-Jean Cointreau. Triple Sec is made from dried orange peels of up to 50 different kinds of oranges. The peels are soaked in alcohol, so that the essential oils from the peel give off their taste. Cointreau is drunk as an aperitif and digestive and is part of a number of well-known cocktails.
