Punch

India is considered the birthplace of the punch, where a hot drink called paantsch has long been prepared. The drink punch or punch got its original English name thanks to the word panch, which is translated from Indian Hindi as "five. " The original composition of the punch included exactly five main ingredients such as rum, lime or lemon juice, water, sugar and tea.

During the East India Company, which was deployed by the British Empire in Asia, Indian seafarers shared a recipe for the drink punch with the British. The English sailors tasted the drink, they brought the punch recipe to their homeland. Thanks to the inhabitants of foggy Albion, the drink spread quickly enough throughout European territory. Historians found the first official mention of the punch in English-language written sources, which date back to 163

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In addition to the British, the Germans were rather quickly addicted to punch, who consider punch their national drink. The German punch necessarily contains lemon, water, sugar, liquor or wine. The famous German poet F. Schiller devoted a description of the method of preparing a punch line of his poem Punschlied. During the Initiation era, punch was the most popular drink. Bold and unleashed speeches about the previously forbidden were delivered in taverns behind a smoking bowl with a spicy and heady punch. In modern times, punch is considered a must-have Christmas drink for anyone in Germany.

Punch composition

Over its centuries-old history, punch has gained well-deserved popularity in most countries of the world. There are a sufficient number of variations on the beverage formulation. Only one thing remains unchanged - any punch composition cannot do without the content of fruit juice. Punch can be an alcoholic and non-alcoholic drink. It all depends only on your taste preferences. Usually alcohol is present in the punch, but this is a completely optional ingredient.

You can make an excellent non-alcoholic vitamin fruit punch that children will love. Famous alcoholic beverages include the Planters punch, as well as the Barbadian and Caribbean rum punch. In the modern food industry, the common name punch combines various types of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, which are similar in composition. A characteristic feature of all punches is the obligatory presence of fruit juice and sugar in the final product.

Typically, the punch is fed in chilled form or with ice cubes. However, there are also hot varieties of the drink, for the preparation of which honey or tea is used. Often, rum, as well as cognac or bourbon, are used as an alcoholic component in a punch drink. In addition to fruit juice, fresh, as well as canned fruits of berries and fruits are added to the punch.