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The
Angostura Bitter is as bitter a condiment used in cocktails, it
is also used as seasoning in soups and sauces
The story is about the year 1817 when a cholera epidemic hitting
the population of what was called Santo Tomas New Guiana, whose
name had been changed to Angostura for being the narrowest of
the Orinoco River in Venezuela. After enthusiastically devoted
to the investigation of the properties of plants from South
America, the young doctor Johann Gottlieb Benjamin Siegert
created a drug somewhat bitter taste quite unusual, but to be
effective in alleviating the volatilities of the stomach of his
many patients.
This potion was composed of more than 25 botanical products of
the abundant wildlife of the tropical land, which includes
fruit, roots, aromatic seeds, bark, and a good amount of
ingredients whose names and proportions are maintained, even
today, in the strictest secret. However, we know that among the
known and popular plants include quinine, whose image appears on
the national coat of arms of Peru and the sarrapia long used by
the manufacturers of the finest French perfumes that time. Did
not take long to become famous throughout the continent and
beyond the preparation of Dr. Siegert
This character is a married lady of Guayana (Venezuela) and the
mid-nineteenth century the family moved to Trinidad and Tobago
and continued follow-up today and making it the Angostura
Bitter, preserving its name as well as maintain the source of
Venezuelan most of their input to date, as well as the unique
tag in four languages and signature of its inventor, who
characterizes it since then.
Taken from
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