What is crème de violette?
Crème de violette: Violet flower liqueur, the purple in an Aviation.
- Category
- Liqueur
- Taste
- Floral and perfumed, like a violet candy.
- Strength
- About 16-20% ABV
- Similar to
- a floral, purple liqueur
- Also called
- violette, creme de violette, creme yvette
The story
It's the purple in the Aviation, a cocktail from Hugo Ensslin's 1916 recipe book. The liqueur vanished from the US for decades, so people made Aviations without it, until it was imported again in 2007.