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Cashewapple
This is a mexican culture plant of the Indians who came to East Africa and India in the 16th century. Its shape is long and similar to a pear, the colour is red or yellow, at the end of the fruit you will find the Cashewnut. The flavour is sour and acrid and that is why it is often used in combination with sugar to make fine juice and syrup out of it. Another word for it is: Kashuapple.

Cassisberry
Is another word for black currant.

Cassis - drink
This is a collective meaning of sparkling non-alcoholic drinks made of currant juice.

Chai
Storage hall at ground level.

Champagne
Champagne (French) is a sparkling wine, usually produced from blue and white grapes. It can only be produced from three vine-types, the Pinot noir (blue grape), Pinot meunier (blue grape) and Chárdonnay (white grape). Depending on the used grapes, following differences should be noticed: Blanc de Blancs is only made from white Chardonnay-grapes. Blanc de noirs on the other side is only made from blue grapes (Pinot noir or Pinot meunier). Rosé may be either produced from blue grapes, which mash was left calm for a bit of time to reach the right colour; or from all three vine-types, whereby white wine is added to red wine to produce the right colour while the Cuvée-production. Depending on the production procedure, following descriptions are common: Vintage Champagne (Millesimè, Vintage): The Cuvées only consist of wines of one very excellent vintage. Crémant: is a Champagne, where little sugar and fermenting substances are added at the second fermentation. It opens the characteristics of the basic wines totally; and it is fine-pearly. It is not to be mixed up with Cramant, a wine-growing society situated in the Champagne and where the "Crémant de Cramant" comes from, as well as the "Vinmousseux-Crémant", which is produced from wines growing outside of the Champagne.

Cherimoya (=sugar apple)
Also known as Annonenfruit fruit or custard tree plant or Sorbet fruit. Its pulp is white and the flavour consists of the one of strawberry, raspberry and cinnamon. Possibly it was developed by the Inkas. Today this popular fruit is growing in many parts of South America, the best fruits come from the higher regions. The pulp is often used for decoration in Tropicanas, but Cherimoya is also used as syrup.

Cherries - Amarelle
It belongs to the category of sour cherrys, other word for it is Amarelle.

Cherry
Originally cherry comes from the area of Caucasia. The name of the stone fruit comes from the habour city Kerasos. There are three different groups of cherrys: cherrys (sweet), Marellos (sour) and a small group called Bastardcherrys (it is a crossbreed of cherrys and marellos).
Heart cherrys, Bullock's cherrys (custard apple cherrys), White heart cherrys, Bigarreau Napoléon and the Heidefinger Riesen-cherrys belong to the category of cherrys. Amarelles, marascas from Dalamtien belong to the category of marellos (mahalebs). Candied cherrys and stewed cherrys are used for decoration or juice or syrup. German Suesskirsche (sweet), Sauerkirsche (sour), french Cerises (sweet), Griottes (sour).

Chocolate Rasps
Made of chocolate for decoration, e.g. Ruedesheimer Coffee.

Choice
Is mostly mentioned on bottles of Wine or spiritous liquors to explain that the product is an "extra choice and selected "one.