AMERICANO COCKTAIL

  

AMERICANO- COCKTAIL

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Ingredients:

• 1 oz (3.38 cl)    campari
• 1 oz (3.38 cl)    Vermouth -red-sweet 
• 1 dash (0.09 cl/0.03 oz) soda water

Recipe instructions for a Americano:

• To make an Americano cocktail, use the following recipe instructions.
  1. Pour the Campari and then sweet vermouth into a glass with ice.
  2. Stir the ingredients with the ice.
  3. Top off with soda water.
  4. Garnish with a lemon or orange twist.
  5. Add two short straws and serve.
  Enjoy your Americano!

History:

• The Americano cocktail is an aperitif first served in 1861 at Gaspare Campari's bar, a place frequented by the composer Verdi, Edward VII and Ernest Hemingway.
  It wasn't until Italy became popular with American tourists that it became known as the Americano. The tourists took the cocktail recipe back home, and legally sipped it throughout Prohibition because Campari was classified as a medicinal spirit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGt47X6nlbA     

 The Americano is an IBA Official Cocktail composed of Campari, sweet vermouth, andclub soda. The cocktail was first served in creator Gaspare Campari's bar, Caffè Campari, in the 1860s. It was originally known as the "Milano-Torino" because of its ingredients:Campari, the bitter liqueur, is from Milan and Cinzano, the vermouth, is from Turin (Torino). It is popular belief that in the early 1900s, the Italians noticed a surge of Americans who enjoyed the cocktail. As a compliment to the Americans, the cocktail later became known as the "Americano". A more unlikely explanation is that the name was derived from the word "amaro", which means "bitter" in Italian.

It is the first drink ordered by James Bond in the first novel in Ian Fleming's series, Casino Royale. In the short story "From a View to a Kill" Bond chooses an Americano as an appropriate drink for a mere café; suggesting that "in cafés you have to drink the least offensive of the musical comedy drinks that go with them. Bond always stipulates Perrier, for in his opinion expensive soda water was the cheapest way to improve a poor drink.

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             AMERICANO -COCKTAIL

                                                       
 

Americano

IBA Official Cocktail
Type	Mixed drink
Primary alcohol by volume	Vermouth Campari
Served	On the rocks; poured over ice
Standard garnish	half an orange slice
Standard drinkware	Old Fashioned glass
IBAspecified ingredients*	30ml Campari 30ml red vermouth A splash of soda water
Preparation	Pour the Campari and vermouth over ice into glass, add a splash of soda water and garnish with half orange slice.