Campari, Cocchi & soda Americano

At a glance

Campari and Cocchi, no gin, opened up with soda. Bitter, red, and low in strength.

Ingredients

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Make it

Ratio1:1 + soda

Method
Build the bitter and vermouth over cubed ice, add chilled soda, then stir once gently.
Ice
Cubed ice.
Glass
Highball glass.
Garnish
Orange slice.

Temperature and dilution

Keep everything cold and avoid excess stirring after adding the soda.

Why add the soda last?

Adding soda last helps keep its fizz by limiting the stirring after it goes in. Soda lengthens the drink without adding sweetness. Pour it chilled, then give one gentle stir to mix.

Taste

Bitterness
Gentle
Bitter
Sweetness
Dry
Sweet
Body
Light
Full
Herbal character
Clean
Herbal
Strength feel
Softer
Stronger

Campari’s orange bitterness and Cocchi’s sweet wine character make the centre of this Americano. Soda opens that partnership into a longer, sparkling drink, with no gin competing for your attention. The wine gives you something to enjoy through the middle as well as the bitter edge. If you like the Campari-and-vermouth part of a Negroni, this lets you spend more attention on those two. Bubbles bring their own pleasure to a comparatively spare glass.

Compare

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Select, Cocchi & soda

A different red bitter

Select replaces Campari while Cocchi and soda stay, for a long aperitif built around Select’s rhubarb and juniper.

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