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So, You Can't Afford Chartreuse Anymore? Can't Even Find Chartreuse Anymore?

So, You Can't Afford Chartreuse Anymore? Can't Even Find Chartreuse Anymore?

Try Génépy le Chamois instead.

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Fredric Koeppel
Jan 14, 2025
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Chartreuse is among the best-known liqueurs in the world. Produced since 1737 by Carthusian monks primarily at their monastery near Grenoble, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France, Chartreuse contains 130 herbs, plants and flowers in an ancient recipe known to only three monks at a time, none of whom is allowed to know the complete formula.

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