Bitters
（重定向自Aromatic bitters）
![An old bottle of “Kuyavian Stomach Essence,” a bitters from Posen, Germany (now Poznań in Poland).](/Images/godic/202412/21/Kujawische_Magen-Essenz,_bottle,_front_view2554.jpg")
![This 1883 advertisement promised help with a variety of ailments.](/Images/godic/202412/21/AdvertisementDrCoppsWhiteMountainBitters18832554.jpg")
![A bottle of Angostura aromatic bitters with its distinctive, over-sized label](/Images/godic/202412/21/Angostura_aromatic_bitters_dD2554.jpg")
A bitters is traditionally an alcoholic preparation flavored with botanical matter such that the end result is characterized by a bitter, sour, or bittersweet flavor. Numerous longstanding brands of bitters were originally developed as patent medicines, but are now sold as digestifs and cocktail flavorings.