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Review: Licor 43 Horchata

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Horchata is one thing that individuals seem to take pleasure in ingesting, so depart it to Madrid-based Licor 43 to boozify it, combining a standard horchata with its vanilla-heavy liqueur (the best-selling Spanish liqueur on this planet, we’re instructed). The ensuing cream liqueur is historically made with tiger nut, sugar, cinnamon, and citrus — and it’s made out of a 100% vegetable base, so it’s dairy free, gluten free, and nut free — as tiger nuts are usually not actually nuts, it seems.

It’s additionally probably not my jam. Right here’s why.

The nostril could be very perfumed, coming throughout akin to the aroma that wafts out of a spa — or, maybe much less charitably, a child powder manufacturing unit. Whereas it’s heavy with lavender, jasmine, and combined florals, you’ll be able to odor the sugar virtually as clearly. The palate follows go well with, the creamy veggie-centric base making for an inexpensive approximation of dairy cream albeit one which is overblown with fragrance and a reasonably saccharine sweetness. The cinnamon that’s important to a great horchata is lacking right here — not less than within the proportion it actually wants — leaving potpourri to do a lot of the heavy lifting. The end is mouth-coating and lingers nearly ceaselessly, and never in a great way.

If the thought of boozy horchata appeals to you, give RumChata a glance.

Hold refrigerated.

32 proof.

C- / $18 / [BUY IT NOW FROM DRIZLY]

Licor 43 Horchata

$18

Score


4.0/10

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