{"id":8890,"date":"2013-01-14T18:28:41","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T17:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialandcocktail.co.uk\/?p=8890"},"modified":"2014-07-28T18:15:41","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T17:15:41","slug":"the-cocktails-from-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialandcocktail.co.uk\/the-cocktails-from-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Cocktails"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Italy<\/strong> has often dictated many of the trends of the day and the same can be said for Italian<\/strong>\u00a0cocktails<\/strong>. Many of the fashionable drinks from Italy are cocktails with\u00a0Campari<\/strong>, such as the\u00a0Negroni<\/strong><\/a>, Americano<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Campari Cocktail<\/strong><\/a>. Italy is also home to the legendary cocktail joint,\u00a0Harry`s Bar<\/strong>, the birthplace to the most famous of all Champagne Cocktails<\/strong><\/a>, the Bellini<\/a>, <\/strong>which has several spin-offs, such as the strawberry-flavoured Rossini<\/strong><\/a> cocktail. Italy is also\u00a0the country producing much of the worlds most popular Vermouth, an essential ingredient in the classic Martini<\/strong><\/a>. Italy also makes a variety of globally recognised liqueurs, such as Amaretto<\/strong>, Limoncello<\/strong>, Frangelico<\/strong> and Maraschino<\/strong>, all of which are key elements in various popular cocktails. As such, Italy, is regarded as a major capital on the cocktail Map of the World.<\/p>\n

Below we take a look at 5 classic Italian Cocktails<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\"Americano<\/a><\/p>\n

1)Americano<\/a><\/h2>\n

The Americano<\/strong> is one of the legendary Italian cocktails with Campari. It consists of Campari<\/strong>, Sweet Vermouth<\/strong> and a splash of Soda Water<\/strong>. The cocktail was first served in the 1860`s at Garaspare Camparis<\/em><\/strong> bar in Milan, Italy. The drink was originally known as the Milano-Torini<\/em> due to the origin of its 2 main ingredients, Campari<\/strong> came from Milan and Cinzano<\/strong> vermouth came from Torini. Legend has it that the Italians noticed that the drink was very popular among American tourists and hence changed its named to the Americano<\/strong>. The cocktail is also the first drink ordered by James Bond in the novel “Casino Royale”<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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