Switzerland drinks
The main symbols of Swiss inviolability are the banking system, which has been preserving and increasing the savings of citizens for centuries, the world's best chocolate and delicious cheese with holes. For those who are in an Alpine country for the first time, everything here will seem amazing: snow caps on the highest peaks of Europe, and measured unhurried life, and Swiss drinks, striking in the breadth of the assortment and variety of species for each square kilometer of territory..
Swiss alcohol
The state customs rules regulate the import of alcohol and limit its quantity to no more than a liter for spirits and no more than two for wines or beer. It is allowed to export alcohol to Switzerland within any reasonable limits and the norms are prescribed here by the country where the drink will be imported. The prices for alcohol in the Alpine state are quite democratic. A bottle of medium-quality whiskey with a capacity of 0.7 liters, for example, costs no more than $ 30 in a supermarket, and dry wine - from $ 5 to $ 10 (as of mid-2014).
Switzerland's national drink
The main drink of Switzerland, claiming to be a national product, was the first of the Europeans to taste Cortez on a distant American land. He appreciated the taste and brought the raw materials for the masterpiece to the Old World. This is how hot chocolate began its triumphant march across European countries. Inspired by his success, the painter Jean Etienne Lyotard even creates his famous masterpiece - the canvas «Chocolate girl», which depicts a girl serving divine hot nectar.
Today, Switzerland's national drink is offered in every cafe or restaurant. Even in the departure hall of Zurich airport, there is a chocolate bar, whose products are kindly provided by the famous company Lindt. Zurich Hot Chocolate is an aromatic, thick drink with the addition of cream and nuts, vanilla and cinnamon. Gourmets refuse to leave a country where not only desserts, but even the usual fondue are chocolate.
Alcoholic drinks in Switzerland
The most popular spirits in Switzerland include beer and local wine. The foamy drink here differs little in quality from the neighboring German one, and therefore the residents and guests of the country have lager or light beer in the mandatory list of products purchased in the supermarket..
The wine industry allows the production and sale of excellent quality grape wine, and there are several hundred varieties and brands of it in the country. The most popular alcoholic drinks in Switzerland:
- Dry white wine Fendant.
- Vintage wines.
- Pear brandy from the variety «Williams».
- Cherry vodka «Kirsch».
