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Stay tuned to hear the wild origin story of Chartrus.

Travel back to the 50s when Jello was a salad

and learn the secrets of old Bay Seasoning.

Monks aren't really the first thing that come to mind,

and yet a group of silent monks in Southeast France

created Chartrus, an elixir-turned-lecord.

Here's proofs managing producer and cocktail

aficionado Yumi Araki digging into the history

of the spirit which would not die.

So the monks go to work on the recipe,

initially at their satellite monastery in Volvair France,

and then at Lagrange Chartrus in Grenoble.

But the recipe is complicated.

Each monk who works on the recipe

took rigorous tasting notes.

One monk wrote,

The roots, plants, and flowers

must start to be gathered when they are at their peak

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