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Becherovka

Sweet herbal bitters with cinnamon and clove, drunk chilled.

Czechia Wine & spirit Vegetarian

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

Made in Karlovy Vary by the Becher family from 1807 to a recipe developed with an English doctor as a stomach remedy.

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What is Becherovka?

Becherovka is a wine & spirit from Czechia: sweet herbal bitters with cinnamon and clove, drunk chilled. Made in Karlovy Vary by the Becher family from 1807 to a recipe developed with an English doctor as a stomach remedy.

Made with

herbscinnamonsugar

Cooked

distilled

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The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

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