Talk:Riga Black Balsam

Disambiguation
I don't see it in Wikipedia anywhere, but there is an American amaro by the same name called Balsam: https://www.balsamspirits.com/ --Viscouse (talk) 20:34, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

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No Latvian article?
If this Latvian drink is so famous, why isn't there an article about it on the Latvian Wikipedia? J I P | Talk 20:58, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 * That's a consequence of the small Latvian Wikipedia. As virtually every Latvian is bilingual or trilingual, there is less motivation in maintaining a thorough encyclopaedia in Latvian. -- Avellano (talk) 17:49, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Flu Remedy
The sources in the article that claim the drink to be the flu remedy do not appear to say that, at least on a first glance. Also, I have not found any scientific studies that suggests that this so called remedy works. If it is actually a flu remedy this article needs better sourcing. --MATThematical (talk) 18:19, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Relevance of references
The reference used to back up the assertion that it is used to treat digestive problems is the PDF "Protection Of Civil Populations From The Spill Of Toxic Materials During The Movement Of Military Goods" and consists of one tiny paragraph on page 16: "Black Balsam: Latvia has a special drink known as Riga Black Balsam. If you have a problem with digestion it will cure it. If you don’t, rumor is that it will create one. But I’m very pleased to have tried it in an open air museum displaying the architecture of rural Latvia." This is not an adequate reference, and indeed I think the article needs some much better research with citations to actual encyclopedic references. As it is, the existing two references look like someone added them as a joke. Arkady Rose (talk) 00:41, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Decline of quality
Original recipe may have contained 24 berries and roots. Current production seem to have dropped all that, and what's left, is just 45% vodka, blackened with burnt sugar and maybe a dash of coffee. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.179.29.86 (talk) 08:26, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

Wrong Island Iced Tea
The "Wrong Island Iced Tea" picture needs a citation. Of course I am aware that the drink in the picture exists, I can see it with my own eyes. What needs a citation is the claim it's called the "Wrong Island Iced Tea". Any recipes for the drink with that name I can find use Triple Sec instead of Riga Black Balsam. The page for the picture itself only says it's a cocktail made with Riga Black Balsam. J I P &#124; Talk 19:41, 10 June 2024 (UTC)