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Tabasco (Tabascosauce)
It is a spicy yellow red chillisauce but more liquid than the orgin chillisauce.

Tablespoon
Big spoon to eat. Also used to describe measurement (short: tbs) in English-Cocktail-book. Is the same like 15 grams or 1,5 cl.

Taittinger
Taittinger in Reims belongs to the most traditional Champagne Houses. Its history dates back to 1734, when Jacques Fourneaux founded the company. The Taittinger-Family took over the management of the House after World War I. The reputed and world wide represented company is called "Taittinger-compagnie Commerciale et Viticole Champenoise, Reims" today. Guy Taittinger is the manager. A hotel-group is linked to the company. When the father of the today's owners, Piere-Charles Taittinger (1887-1965) ran the company, the company raised qickly. Bound by tradition, Pierre-Charles expanded the former castle of "the Dukes from Champagne" from the 13th century, situated in the centre of Reims, to a guest house of his company. He also named the Taittinger best product "Comtes de Champagne". In 1932, he expanded the vineyard possession by buying "Château de la Marquetterie", which is situated south of Epernay and belonged to King Ludwig XV. In former times. Taittinger owns 230 hectares of vineyard today and is therefore third in the hierarchy of champagne producers. About 80 years ago, heavy, sweet champagnes were most consumed. They were producer from the red Pinot-grape, which was pressed white, like it is still done today. They also harmonised very good with heavy French cuisine of that time. When there was a change to lighter cuisine at the turn of the century, slightly bitter, light and especially acid poor champagne was favoured, like the wines made from the Chardonnay-grape. Pierre-Charles Taittinger realised this development early and influenced it in a big deal. He grew Chardonnay in bigger amounts, which caused the wanted flavour of the Champagne. Chardonnay-grapes are not that productive, therefore Champagne is fairly more expensive to produce than Pinot-grapes. There is one strict rule for Taitting's products: Only cider of the first press is used. The qualitative less good second press is exchanged with Chardonnay-grapes of made friend-companies. 100 % Chardonnay-grapes are used to produce the top-product of the House "Comtes de Champagne", all other products are made from 50 % Chardonnay and 50 % Pinot. The champagnes of the standard product "Taittinger Brut" are stored for three years, Vintage Champagne is stored five years and "Comtes de Champagne" for six years. The House uses the big, by now world famous, chalk cellars, which were built from the 4th to 13th century and which belonged to Abbey St. Nicaise once. Available by Taittinger in Germany are: Demi-Sec, Brut Réserve, Brut Vintage, Comtes de Cgampagne, Rosé Brut Vintage and Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut Vintage. The Champagnes "Comtes de Champagne" are filled up into special bottles. Their elegant shape is a copy of the proven oldest sparkling wine bottle-shape from the 18th century.

Talisker
In 1830, Dailuaine-Talisker Distillers Ltd. Was founded, which produces the 12 years old Single Malt Scotch Whisky "The Golden Spirit of the Isle of Skye" (43 %). It is the only whisky-distillery on this in north-west situated island. A reason for the good reputation of Talisker Malt Whisky is the quality of the short-stalked, but fine and seed-rich barley from the soil of Lothains, Morays and Bantfshire. It contains an extremly high amount of protein. Talisker gets its special charcter through kilning of barley above sulphuourus peat-fire, added through heath bush, beech chips and saw dust of birch, marple and alder. This way, the brown-malt produced from barley, is impregnated with specific aromas, which can be tasted consuming the finished distilled whisky.

Tamarillos
These are fruits of the tomato tree, belonging to the family of night shades. It migt originally come from South America. Its fruits are egg-shaped and orange or red, the pulp is rich in vitamins and its taste is sweet-acrid with a slightly aroma of Marillen. If you want to enjoy the fruit fresh, peel it first because the skin of the fruit is very bitter. Today the fruit is growing in many parts of South America, Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Australia. Tamarillos are used fresh for decoration or as pulp and syrup. Other word for it: Tree Tomato

Tamarind
It is a legume plant (pulse) coming from the tropical part of Africa. Its skin is brown and easy breakable, its pulp is yellowish or brownish and very sour. It is used as mashed fruit or syrup for Tropicanas. Other word for it: Sour Dates.

Tangerine
It is a small orange where you get off the skin easily, sweet, used for decoration and fruit juice.

Tankard
Expression of a many years in wood stored old yellowish brown Port. Tawny = light coloured, straw colour.

Tanqueray
In Finsbury, a suburb of London known for its fresh and clean watewr, Charles Tanqueray started the distillation of gin in 1740. In those years, the so-called Gin-century, many raugh, hard spirituous liquors were produced and sold as Gin. Charles Tanqueray developed a new recipe, because he wanted tp produce a high qualitative Gin. His product was good, got known very fast and was therefore sent to many British colonies. Tanqueray's secret formula still exists today, it is in the possession of his great-great grand child P. John Tanqueray. In 1898 Tanqueray merged with the Gordon Company. In the 40's, American consuments started to discover Tanqueray-Gin, and soon they imported 80 % of the whole production. Until today, the USA is the biggest market of Tanqueray-Gin, which is bottled in very typical bottles built similar to an English hydrant. Tanqueray is No 2 amongst the imported Gins in America. Available in Germany is Tanqueray Distilled English Gin - Special dry having an alcohol content of 43 %.

Taylor's
The port-wine House Taylor, Fladgate & Yeatman, founded in Oporto in 1692, is very famous for its vintage-wines. The history of the big House dates back to Job Bearsley, whose son Peter was the first Engflish, who discovered the region of Alto Douro being a wine-shopper. His brother Bartholomew bought the first possession in Douro, the "Casa Dos Alambiques" close to Régua, which belongs to taylor's today. The Bearsley-Family was linked to the company until 1806. In 1808 Mister Camo joined the company. He was American, the only one ever becoming a partner in an Oporto-Export-House. The first Taylor entered the company in 1816, the first Fladgate in 1837 and the first Yeatman in 1844. Since these days, the name remained unchanged. Today, the house is run by Alastair Robertson, Huyshe Bower, Bruce Guimaraens and Jeremy Bull. Since 1894, the famous "Quinta de Vargellas2 is in possession of Taylor's. In 1973, two further Quintas in the Alto Douro region were bought, which have supplied the wines for the Taylor's Vintage Ports since the beginning of the last century. These wines have a very good reputation. Exported to germany are: Taylor's Ruby Port and Tawny Port - 10 Years Old.