Vargtass is an alcoholic

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originating from the northern parts of

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and

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. It consists of

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and

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, typically shaken together with ice.

Lingonberries ''Vaccinium vitis-idaea'' is a small evergreen shrub in the heath family, Ericaceae. It is known colloquially as the lingonberry, partridgeberry, foxberry, mountain cranberry, or cowberry. It is native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra throug ...

or lingonberry jam are sometimes added. A ''Vargtass Royal'' is a vargtass with the addition of

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. Although lingonberries is the original choice,

cranberries Cranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs or trailing vines in the subgenus ''Oxycoccus'' of the genus ''Vaccinium''. Cranberries are low, creeping shrubs or vines up to long and in height; they have slender stems that are not t ...

, sloe berries and aronia berries are possible alternatives. The literal meaning of vargtass is "wolf's paw".

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