Before & After: Aperitivi & Digestivi

[Luca Lazzari]

Aperol contains too much sugar for my taste, as does Campari.

I don't like Campari, justplainbill, but this spritz is not so sweet IMHO.
Although I must admit that I like sweet Italian liquors, like Sambuca or Strega, more then any other, so I'm not a good judge.

 

[justplainbill]

I don't like Campari, justplainbill, but this spritz is not so sweet IMHO.
Although I must admit that I like sweet Italian liquors, like Sambuca or Strega, more then any other, so I'm not a good judge.

Sambuca is great for a few cafe corretto.

 

[Luca Lazzari]

Sambuca is great for a few cafe corretto.

Yes, and I like it also with some ice cubes and "con la mosca" as we say, literally "with the fly" (the insect...), which is with a few coffee beans added, usually 3, to be crunched while you drink it.

 

[justplainbill]

Yes, and I like it also with some ice cubes and "con la mosca" as we say, literally "with the fly" (the insect...), which is with a few coffee beans added, usually 3, to be crunched while you drink it.

Even numbers are supposed to be bad luck. I thought ice makes some Sambuca cloudy.

 

[Luca Lazzari]

Even numbers are supposed to be bad luck. I thought ice makes some Sambuca cloudy.

Yep, you usually get 1 or 3 or 5 beans in your sambuca, for that reason.
And yes it can get cloudy, but mine doesn't: but I'm a quick sipper...

 

[Souvlaki]

During the hot summer days, I often enjoy a glass of cold white wine with sparkling water, half-half