Is amaretto the same as cointreau?

Question

Is amaretto the same as cointreau?

Answer 1

The previous answers are right about the flavors, but just as an odd side-note: amaretto is usually made from apricot pit kernels which taste like almonds.

Answer 2

amaretto is a nut based spirit and cointreau i an orange based, like triple sec and blue curcoa

Answer 3

No.  Cointreau is an orange-flavored liquor, amaretto is almond-flavored.

Answer 4

Amaretto is a sweet almond-flavoured liqueur of Italian origin. It is made from a base of apricot or almond pits, or sometimes both, or from amaretti cookies made from almonds with added spices and flavours.

Cointreau (pronounced [kwan'-tro]) is a brand of triple sec liqueur, and produced in Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou, a suburb of Angers, France. Cointreau sources its bitter oranges from all over the world, usually Spain, Brazil and Saint-Raphaël, Haiti.