The delicious strawberries from Hoogstraten are a household name at home and abroad. We made a delicious drink where strawberry and chocolate with the help of spices form a balanced, sweet digestif.

History

Katharina was a young, highly intelligent and well-read teenager. When the Emperor wanted her as a second wife, she refused because she had promised herself to God as a virgin. The Emperor sent her 40 pagan philosophers to make her renounce her faith.

These all returned converted to Christianity… Enraged, the Emperor wanted to crush her with a torture wheel. This wheel broke, struck by lightning. Then he wanted her burned, but the fire was blown apart by the wind and burned the executioners instead of Katharina.

The decapitation, it succeeded in the end. However, from the wound flowed milk! This milk saved the city from the prevailing plague.

The Sint Katharina Church of Hoogstraten reminds us of the time when Hoogstraten was a leading, prosperous city that wanted to honor Sint Katharina with a beautiful, brick-built church nicknamed “Lange Katrien.”

Taxandria St. Katharina – Liqueur – 700ml – 25% vol.