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Tastings: Cointreau Noir

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tn_noir_bottleglass_squareThe Product: Cointreau Noir

The Premise: A “society marriage:” Cointreau blended with Remy Martin cognac

The Tasters and their Qualifications:
Erica, Debbie, Brent, Brian and Jan, the self-anointed “drinking lightweight who never gives up.” Total years of legal drinking experience: 101

The Packaging: A bright copper metallic bottle announces the product with stylish elegance.

Tasters rated the following on a scale of 1-10, with 1 being “I wouldn’t take it if it was free” and 10 being “I’m heading to the liquor store right now to get my own!”

The Nose: 6.8, “smells like Cointreau”

The Taste: 8, “smooth and sweet”

The Recipe (wherein we mix up a drink from the company’s Web site, when relevant): N/A. The product’s mantra is “nothing to add” so we obeyed.

The Overall Verdict: 7.75 One taster called it” a nice after-dinner drink.” Another wrote “slightly too syrupy for my taste drinking it neat; might be best to dilute it with a touch of club soda.” Another said it was “delicious, would be very good with a hot cup of coffee”; another said it “tastes better than it smells but too sweet to drink alone all the time.”

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