Lakka or is a
liqueur
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produced in
Finland
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which derives its flavor from the
cloudberry fruit. The word means cloudberry in
Finnish.
The beverage is produced by soaking the berries in alcohol anywhere between two and six months until sweetened, and is branded by
Chymos
Chymos Oy was a Finnish company founded in 1906,Lukka, JuhaniLaatua, tehokkuutta ja ergonomiaa ''Cimcorp customer magazine''. Accessed on 6 January 2017. producing juice, jam, wine, liqueurs and candy. In 1993 the company's candy production was ...
and
Lapponia, both of which are distributed by the Sweden-based
V&S Group, best known for its
Absolut Vodka
Absolut Vodka is a brand of vodka, produced near Åhus, in southern Sweden. Absolut is a part of the French group Pernod Ricard. Pernod Ricard bought Absolut for €5.63 billion in 2008 (equivalent to € in ) from the Swedish state. Absolut ...
product.
External links
Lapponia official website(Finnish/English)
Chymos Lakkalikööri webpage(Finnish)
Finnish liqueurs
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