The Pharisee - Cult Drink from North Friesland
News News blog
In 1872, a child's baptism was to be celebrated on the island of Nordstrand. But Pastor Bleyer, who was present as a guest, had forbidden his congregation to drink alcohol.
Farmer Peter Georg Johannsen, the owner of today's Pharisee Farm at the time, had an idea. He had strong, hot, sweet coffee made and added a portion of rum to each cup. Then he added a dollop of cream so that the smell of rum stayed in the cup. Everything went well - Pastor Bleyer, who had of course been given coffee without rum, did not notice the swindle.
But by an oversight, in the course of the celebration, the pastor also got a cup of rum coffee. At first horrified at this deception, he raised his finger and exclaimed, "Oh, you Pharisees!"
The Pharisees were a theological, philosophical and political school in ancient Judaism. In the New Testament, representatives of the Pharisees are criticised and belittled as hypocrites, so that today this word is used in many countries for self-righteous or hypocrites.
This is how the drink got its name and it still enjoys great popularity today.
