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| | Green Chartreuse |
 | | The official history of Green and Yellow Chartreuse begins in 1605, with the registering of a business on the monastery site, but the origins of these mysterious twin elixirs can be traced back another century at least. |
 | | An unknown alchemist of the 16th century first concocted the seductive brew, and it is rumoured that the essences of around 130 different plants were used in the distilling process of the drink. |
 | | Over a century later, in 1737, Jerome Maubec, an apothecary monk at the Chartreuse monastery, refined the recipe of the liqueur to create what he called 'the vegetable elixir of la Grande Chartreuse', which was 71% proof. |
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