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French spirits are not all digestifs

Les spiritueux français ne sont pas tous des digestifs · French spirits are not all digestifs

Culture card correcting the idea that every French spirit or liqueur belongs after dinner.

French spirits are not all digestifs. Pastis, Suze, Lillet and Pommeau open the meal; Armagnac, Cognac, Calvados and eaux-de-vie usually close it. That distinction matters.