AMERICANO The Americano is an IBA Official Cocktail composed of Campari, sweet vermouth, and club soda. The cocktail was first served in creator Gaspare Camparis 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 (Milano) 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 Flemings 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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