French fruit liqueurs and creams around the world

French fruit liqueurs and creams are not only renowned in France, but are also exported around the world.

Appreciated by our neighbours but also in faraway lands, fruit liqueurs have sometimes been totally integrated into local culture.

After their heyday in the 14th century, their image became tarnished and old-fashioned. But with the resurgence of cocktails, fruit liqueurs are back in the international spotlight, and the French art de vivre takes on all its charm!

An overview of fruit liqueurs around the world!

Tour d’horizon de la liqueur de fruit dans le monde !

Blackcurrant liqueur No. 1 in Japan

Japan is the Asian country that most appreciates the taste of French liqueurs, and crème de cassis in particular. In Japan, crème de cassis has become an integral part of the country's culture and is associated with the tea ritual. The Japanese pour a few drops into their tea. It is the most widely consumed liqueur in Japan.

Fruit Jars, cocktails that the Japanese love, are also prepared with French fruit liqueurs. Fill a tall glass with pieces of fruit (peach, strawberry, orange) and add a few centilitres of fruit liqueur or fruit cream to make a refreshing cocktail.

Floral liqueurs for China

Increasingly used in cocktails, liqueurs are still drunk neat on ice as a digestive, particularly in Russia and China. China is particularly fond of rose liqueur. Unlike Europeans, who serve liqueurs at the end of a meal, rose liqueur is served throughout. With its floral notes, Litchi liqueur is also very popular in China, but is used more to accompany desserts.

Liqueur for the Italians, in a coffee of course

Despite their strong culinary culture, which is exported all over the world, the Italians also subscribe to French liqueurs. Well known for their coffee recipes, there are of course some with liqueur. Café correto is a cup of espresso accompanied by a few drops of lime liqueur. Unsurprisingly, chocolate liqueur, which goes very well with coffee, is also used to flavour coffee cream.

European countries that don't necessarily use fruit liqueurs in cocktails like to use them in wine. In France, for example, white wine is often flavoured with crème de fruit to make a popular cocktail: the Kir. The most popular are crème de cassis, crème de châtaigne, crème de mûre and crème de framboise. Red wines and champagnes are also flavoured with liqueurs. Crème de cassis in red wine is no longer called a Kir, but a Communard.

The United States, master of cocktails

And finally, there's the number one import market for French liqueurs: the United States. In this country, it is clearly the consumption of cocktails in bars that has stimulated the import of French liqueurs. They are also used in cooking, notably to make French toast, in which caramel liqueur or cherry cream is added.