French Monks Are Driving the Chartreuse Shortage | Smart News
Dating back to 1605, the closely guarded recipe is becoming increasingly popular
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Dating back to 1605, the closely guarded recipe is becoming increasingly popular
New York Times: Monks have pulled back on production to focus on faith.
Just as the herbal liqueur is becoming more popular, the French order that has produced it for more than two centuries is pulling back to focus on faith.
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An elixir from the French Alps, frozen in time 11 minutes to read By: Marion Renault Only two monks know the full recipe for Chartreuse, and even in the pandemic they stuck to their Middle Ages motto: "The cross is steady while the world turns." When the world went into lockdowns this year, the monks of Chartreuse simply added another tick to their 900-year record of self-imposed isolation. The Chartreux, also known as Carthusians, embrace a deeply ascetic existence in the western French Alps, observing customs that have barely changed since their order, one of Christianity'...