StarCitizen:Trise Cordial
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Trise Cordial is an herb liqueur 55% alcohol by volume (ABV) adapted from the StarCitizen:Banu drink StarCitizen:otisau falu Template:SClang for safe StarCitizen:Human consumption. Introduced to the market in StarCitizen:2789, it has an herbal flavor profile with pungent notes of salammoniac. The original Banu version of the drink is distilled from both water and ammonia-based herbs grown on StarCitizen:Trise I, and is poisonous to Humans.<ref name="jp0901">Template:Cite Jump Point</ref>
Flavor
Trise Cordial has a strong, characteristic taste: bitter and herbal with a sweet undercurrent as it makes contact with the palate, followed by salammoniac with a hint of pine upon swallowing. It is often served at room temperature in a cordial glass as an aperitif. Trise Cordial is used as an ingredient in place of bitters in some cocktails, such as the whiskey-based Trise Sling, a drink first made popular at the StarCitizen:G-Loc Bar in StarCitizen:Area18 on ArcCorp (Stanton III). StarCitizen:Clair Rios of StarCitizen:Café Musain in the StarCitizen:Nyx system takes credit for the recipe, claiming that bartenders working for G-Loc stole it when they passed through StarCitizen:Delamar in StarCitizen:2911.<ref name="jp0901" />
Cocktails
- The Trise Sling, a whiskey-based cocktail popular in the StarCitizen:G-Loc Bar that is said to have originated from StarCitizen:Café Musain in StarCitizen:Levski.<ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref>
History
While the origin of otisau falu is not known, it has been consumed by Banu at least since Humans first made contact with them in the early 25th century. Although many safe Banu products entered the StarCitizen:United Empire of Earth (UEE) around this time, otisau falu was banned in StarCitizen:2445 after three Humans were accidentally poisoned from a StarCitizen:Slomaddon containing the drink. It wasn’t until 2789 that it became available, when a distillery StarCitizen:Souli on the StarCitizen:Bacchus flotilla hit upon a Human-safe version of the cordial with little alteration to the flavor. It attracted a small but dedicated following among Humans who would visit the flotilla and bring bottles back with them to the UEE. Eventually the drink became popular enough that the Souli was able to take its profits and move to StarCitizen:Trise I, where it could have more immediate and inexpensive access to the herbs. In StarCitizen:2802, it caught the attention of the StarCitizen:Terran Liquor Group (TLG), a distributor based on Terra (Terra III). Sensing opportunity, the corporation sent representatives to the Souli that created the beverage to strike a distribution deal. Under the terms of the StarCitizen:contract, TLG would handle marketing, bottling, and label design, and the Souli would handle distillation. To market the new drink, TLG embellished its origins with a story of ascetic Banu living spiritual lives on Trise I who produce the liqueur as a form of prayer. To further emphasize this connection, they named it Trise Cordial. Sales went well for five years, until the StarCitizen:Essosouli of the original Souli Divested and the Souli dissolved. New Soulis founded by former members of the old distillery Souli popped up, all making their own versions of Trise Cordial. After a long negotiation period, TLG extended its distribution deal to the newly founded Soulis; a practice that they continued until 2834, when inconsistencies among the various batches forced the company to distill the liqueur itself to maintain a consistent product. Despite TLG employing Banu distillers and using ingredients grown on Trise I, many connoisseurs of otisau falu claim that the current Trise Cordial recipe is a poor imitation of the authentic version. A small market for artisanal Souli-distilled versions of the drink has arisen. However, TLG’s Trise Cordial remains the bestselling and most well-known version of the liqueur in the UEE.<ref name="jp0901" />
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