Americano阿美利加諾

Flavour

Aroma
Herbal
Body
Sparkling
Taste
HerbalBitterSweet
Colour
Red
Style
Long drink

Ingredients

Served

Glass
Rocks glass
Ice
Ice cubes
Garnish
Orange sliceLemon twist
Technique
Build

Method

Build the Campari and sweet red vermouth over ice in an old fashioned glass, top with a splash of soda water and garnish with orange and a lemon twist.

About this drink

Its ancestor is the Milano-Torino, Campari from Milan with vermouth from Turin; soda water turned it into the drink served today. Accounts of the name differ, the most common being that American visitors during Prohibition took to it.