The most common description of the liqueur is that of a sweet alcoholic beverage having an alcoholic strength of 15 to 54% by volume. Served in small bowls, it is ideal after meals, being also very common in chocolates.
Its composition carries sugar, syrup, alcohol, in addition to fruits, plants and herbs, which give the characteristic flavor of each drink. Due to the fact that they are obtained through traditional products, the addition of dyes or preservatives is not necessary.
There are, however, other definitions of the drink. For the French, liquor is simply a digestive. Among the English, it is a specific drink, made with a distillate to which infusion, maceration or redistillation, roots, barks of trees, flowers, fruits or seeds were added.
For the Americans, the term means the same as for the English, but the former still create some confusion when it comes to liqueurs of cordials, flavored syrup with low or no alcohol content.