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| 416.1 | WE have it! Come here to taste it! | KIPPIS::SIRO | Easier catch a fly than all the others | Sun Sep 09 1990 11:09 | 29 |
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> Calling all fellow alcoholics !
From one of them:
What do you really mean by saying 'Mintu'? Do you mean 'Creme de
Menthe', produced by State Alcohol Monopoly of Finland (=ALKO)?
If you do, it is available in Finland; the number in ALKO's
price list is 1792 and the price in Finland (not tax-free) is
50,00 FIM (about 14 USD) - quite expensive in Finland, isn't it?
Anyway, welcome to Finland to taste it once more!
If you like liqueurs you should try the finnish 'Lakka' made by
Chymos (60,- FIM, #1902 in the price list), 'Lapponia Lakkalik��ri'
by Marli (60,- FIM, #2032) or 'Lakka' by Lignell & Piispanen
(62,- FIM, #1942). All the prices is for 0,37 liter.
- And even better (I think) is 'Mesimarja' by Lignell &
Piispanen (93,- FIM/0,33 liter, #1963).
For explanation: 'lakka' is cloudberry in english and 'mesimarja'
is artic bramble (Rubus articus).
I'm sorry that I can't help you to buy them from your country;
anyway it is not MY fault ;-)
regards from Finland
- risto
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| 416.2 | It's Definitely Called Mintu | ELIS::BROWN | | Mon Sep 10 1990 04:03 | 13 |
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> What do you really mean by saying 'Mintu'? Do you mean 'Creme de
> Menthe', produced by State Alcohol Monopoly of Finland (=ALKO)?
No... It's called Mintu. It's not sweet and sickly like most liquers.
Unfortunately I've got rid of the bottle so I can't find out who makes
the stuff.
By the way, my wife flew back from Arlanda last night and there was a
total power failure there so none of the duty free shops were open.
Aaaarrrgh!......
Pete (Getting dangerously close to sobriety)
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| 416.3 | | BHAJEE::JAERVINEN | Mangiare humanum est. | Mon Sep 10 1990 08:11 | 5 |
| Are you sure about the spelling? Mint in Finnish is 'Minttu'
(peppermint is piparminttu) so the name sounds plausible (except for
this spelling error)... not living in Finland I can't help you further
though.
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| 416.4 | Can't spell when I'm sober! | ELIS::BROWN | | Mon Sep 10 1990 10:57 | 12 |
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> Are you sure about the spelling? Mint in Finnish is 'Minttu'
No .. I'm not sure about the spelling. It may well be Minttu.
It comes in half or one litre bottles made of clear, slightly textured,
glass. The label on the front is predominantly blue, with white text
and a bit of red. The label on the back contains three or four recipies
for cocktails. I think one of them was called a 'Blizzard'. It's
quite strong stuff (60%) but very very smooooooth!
Pete (Oh my god the shakes have set in!)
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| 416.5 | Drinking gets You nowhere, but nowhere wheres I am | STKAI1::LANDH | | Mon Sep 10 1990 11:09 | 4 |
| Pete, the bottle You describe is MINTTU. You are also right were it can
be found.
Peter, Who sometimes by girls minttu (wonder why)
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| 416.6 | Found it. | MOVIES::JJOHNSON | DECdtm: the OAP of new features | Tue Sep 11 1990 16:22 | 9 |
| Update from a reliable source (my father, who retired from ALKO about a
year ago after having worked there since the mid-50s):
MINTTU is a peppermint schnapps made by Chymos. It is strictly export
stuff, Finland having restrictions as to strength of booze sold
inside the country. You can probably find it in any Scandinavian
tax-free.
Sirkku
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| 416.7 | World famous in Scandinavia | OSL09::MAURITZ | DTN(at last!)872-0238; @NWO | Wed Sep 12 1990 04:33 | 17 |
| It is possible that both .1 and .6 are right.
A number of brands seem to have different names in the air port
tax-free than they do in our peculiarly Nordic state monopolies.
An example of this is "Finlandia" vodka. As far as I know, this
is not sold in the Norwegian state monopoly, but is a big mover
in the various air ports (nice pattern on bottle---sometimes with
a free shot-glass). The contents, however, are "Koskenkorva", a
genuine household word throughout the Nordic countries; a noble
name, embued with true glory as it rolls sonorously from the tongue
(on the other hand, the "international" sophisticate whom the marketing
boys are aiming at will probably tend to buy a name he can pronounce
in a fancy bottle).
Mauritz
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| 416.8 | Who are Chymos? | ELIS::BROWN | | Wed Sep 12 1990 05:17 | 16 |
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Hic!
> MINTTU is a peppermint schnapps made by Chymos.
Who are Chymos? If they're some kind of distilling company maybe
they'd be willing to export a few bottles to Holland. Everyone
down here who's tried Minttu have loved it (including one friend
who owns a liqour shop!). This could be a (minor) boost for
Finland's trade figures.
Re. .7
Koskenkorva brings back a few memory blackouts!
Pete
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| 416.9 | | MOVIES::JJOHNSON | DECdtm: the OAP of new features | Wed Sep 12 1990 16:04 | 11 |
| re .7:
Finlandia vodka is *not* the same as Koskenkorva. It's the same as Dry
Vodka in the Finnish state monopoly. Koskenkorva has a tiny bit of
sugar in it.
re .8:
Chymos makes liqueurs and chocolate.
Sirkku (also an ex-employee of Alko)
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| 416.10 | | BHAJEE::JAERVINEN | Mangiare humanum est. | Thu Sep 13 1990 05:00 | 7 |
| re .9: Correct.
During my travels through various European tax-free shops I've seen
probably umpteen versions of Finnish Vodka. The most common is probably
the kitsch bottle with two white reindeers on the label - but I have
e.g. a 60% version called 'Koskenkorva Vodka'. Hard stuff, this...
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| 416.11 | Chymos' Address? | ELIS::BROWN | | Thu Sep 13 1990 10:14 | 9 |
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Hic!
Any kind soul out there willing to post Chymos' address in
this note?
Trembling in anticipation (or DT's)
Pete
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| 416.12 | | KIPPIS::BACKSTROM | bwk,pjp;SwTools;pg2;lines23-24 | Tue Oct 16 1990 18:12 | 17 |
| Chymos' main factories and officies reside in a town named Lappeenranta.
Unfortunately I only have the telephone number to the main office, but
here's the address to their sales office in Helsinki
Chymos Oy
Nilsi�nkatu 10-14
SF-00510 HELSINKI
FINLAND
Phone: +358-(9)0 39371
Phone to the main office is: +358-(9)53 5161
Let us know if you're successfull,
...petri
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