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searching for information regarding Negroni, I found this on Wikipedia I
think, learning about things is great and what a tidbit of information
to share with your family and friends as you are serving Negroni's.
While the drink's origins are unknown, the most widely reported account
is that it was invented in Florence, Italy in 1919, at Caffè Casoni, ex Caffè Giacosa, now called Caffè Cavalli. Count Camillo Negroni invented it by asking the bartender, Fosco Scarselli, to strengthen his favorite cocktail, the Americano,
by adding gin rather than the normal soda water. The bartender also
added an orange garnish rather than the typical lemon garnish of the
Americano to signify that it was a different drink. After the success of the cocktail, the Negroni Family founded Negroni Distillerie in Treviso,
Italy, and produced a ready-made version of the drink, sold as Antico
Negroni 1919. One of the earliest reports of the drink came from Orson Welles in correspondence with the Coshocton Tribune while working in Rome on Cagliostro
in 1947, where he described a new drink called the Negroni, "The
bitters are excellent for your liver, the gin is bad for you. They
balance each other." According to the Corsican newspaper Nice Matin Corse of 1980, Pascal Olivier Count de Negroni is among those whom it is believed invented the drink.
Ingredients for 1 cocktail:
1 shot of Gin
1 shot of Vermouth
1 shot of Campari
1 slice of orange peel
1 slice of orange
ice cubes
Directions:
In shaker add all ingredients and pour into glass with ice. Add in the orange peel and orange slice.
