History
The Combier distillery claims that Triple sec was invented some time between 1834 and 1848 by Jean-Baptiste Combier in Saumur, France. However, Combier was more famous for its élixir Combier, which contained orange but also many other flavorings.
According to Cointreau, its orange liqueur was created in 1875.
Triple sec was certainly widely known by 1878; at the Exposition Universelle of 1878 in Paris, several distillers were offering "Curaço triple sec" as well as "Curaço doux".
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