Colour conundrum

Do you prefer green or yellow? The question is not a trite one. I am not pursuing your preference for ties or socks. Nor am I keen to know which jelly-baby you, as a toddler, always saved for last. Rather, I am curious about your choice, as a tippler, of Chartreuse. It comes in two colours, you ask? Well, yes it does; green Chartreuse, the liqueur most people will have seen, and also yellow, a much warmer, sweeter, softer variant far less common, but far more enjoyable. The monks of the Grand Chartreuse monastery, credited with inventing this heavenly mixture, wisely chose not to put all their sanguis in one grail. Once the Napoleonic Wars ended and their secret recipe manuscript was restored to them, the monks resolved to create…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2021

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