Tuaca
{{Short description|Italian brandy liqueur}}
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TUACA ({{IPA|it|tuˈaːka}}) is a naturally flavored brandy liqueur of Italian origin. Tuaca is a sweet golden brown blend of brandy, citrus and orange essences, vanilla, and other spices added. It is bottled at 35% ABV (70 proof).
Tuaca's mild, sweet flavour makes it popular as a cordial, both hot and iced, and also a fruity foundation for a range of cocktails.[https://www.latimes.com/recipe/mexican-iced-coffee Mexican Iced Coffee] - latimes.com{{cite web |url=https://www.webtender.com/db/ingred/139 |title=Tuaca |website=webtender.com |accessdate=2024-08-26}}
History
The mixture was first created as Brandy Milk, produced with milk, brandy and vanilla. Later on milk was dropped from the changed recipe, and the name was changed to TUOCA, family names of the owners combined (TUOni and CAnepa).From the newspaper [http://iltirreno.gelocal.it/regione/2011/07/14/news/spiritosi-e-colorati-ecco-i-protagonisti-della-happy-hour-1.2587582 Il Tirreno] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928003805/http://iltirreno.gelocal.it/regione/2011/07/14/news/spiritosi-e-colorati-ecco-i-protagonisti-della-happy-hour-1.2587582 |date=2013-09-28 }}, July 14, 2011
From mid-1940s onwards American troops, stationed in Italy, started bringing bottles back home. In the late 1950s, Mario di Grazia, an Italian and owner of a chain of liquor stores in San Francisco, began importing and selling the drink.[https://web.archive.org/web/20180905204253/https://tuaca.com/about About TUACA] - tuaca.com (archived) To make pronunciation in English easier its name was changed to TUACA again.[http://iltirreno.gelocal.it/livorno/cronaca/2012/10/07/news/la-famiglia-canepa-nella-storia-del-tuoca-1.5825407 Il Tirreno], October 7, 2012
Tuaca was also imported and introduced to the U.K. by Danes Limited from the mid-1990s.[https://web.archive.org/web/19991128160924/http://www.tuaca.com/ Tuaca.com] (archived website)[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03171196 DANES LIMITED, company information] - gov.uk Today it is popular in nightlife of Brighton and Hove and other places.[https://www.diffordsguide.com/beer-wine-spirits/174/tuaca-liqueur Tuaca Liqueur] - diffordsguide.com[https://www.timeout.com/uk/nightlife/tuaca-italian-liquor-brighton Tuaca, Brighton’s Flagship Drink] - timeout.com
Brown-Forman of Louisville, Kentucky acquired the TUACA brand for US$40 million in 2002. March 31, 2010, marked the closure of the historic TUACA plant at Via Mastacchi, Livorno. The blend was now produced and bottled in the U.S., with imported Italian brandy by the TUACA Liqueur Company, in Louisville, KY.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120109085311/http://www.tuaca.com/story.aspx The Story of TUACA] - tuaca.com (archived)[https://www.diffordsguide.com/producers/70/distillerie-tuoni-and-canepa-srl Tuoni & Canepa Srl.] - diffordsguide.com In 2016, Brown-Forman sold TUACA (and Southern Comfort) for US$543 million to Sazerac Company. Production by Sazerac continued in Kentucky.{{Cite news |date=January 14, 2016 |title=Sazerac snaps up Southern Comfort and Tuaca brands |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/12100503/Southern-Comfort-brand-sold-for-543m.html |access-date=December 24, 2016 |archive-date=August 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807030555/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/12100503/Southern-Comfort-brand-sold-for-543m.html |url-status=live }}
See also
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.sazerac.com/our-brands/sazerac-brands/tuaca.html}}
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