Culture QotW: Cheers!

Salma Hayek recommends Campari

Share a recipe for your favorite summer drink.

I can answer this one!

Lately, I've been enjoying a nightly Americano, made with equal parts Campari and sweet vermouth (I really like Vya), along with a splash of club soda and an optional slice of orange.

It's refreshing, but with a distinct bitterness, which I find I appreciate more and more nowadays.

Comments

[Dinah]

[this is good] Hear hear. Gotta get some of the Vya.

Should you branch out, Campari plays very nicely with Martin Miller gin in a Negroni.

[aa]

[this is good] Totally with you on this.  I've also taken to making it in a tall glass and pouring more than a splash of club soda.  It's an Americano soda.  Really good.

[kathryn]

Before you put the orange slice in, try cutting off a circle of just the peel from the orange (just a simple flat cut). Hold the circle flat over your glass, pitch side up, and squeeze gently so that the orange oils end up in the glass. You can see them if you look carefully at the surface of your drink.

Then, glide the orange peel around the rim of the glass so that you get the oils all over the rim (so you get the smell when you sip). This is how my bartender friend taught me to add aroma to cocktails.

[david]

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[btrott]

Those are great tips! The other thing I like doing, from time to time, is flaming an orange peel into the drink (or other such drinks), which really works well with the bitterness of the Campari.

[selmelier]

[this is good] Sbagliatto Campari and sweet Vya vermouth yes!

[finn]

Sounds tasty. I haven't tried this, but I do enjoy Negronis a great deal (one part gin, one part Campari, one part sweet vermouth).