Iconically pink, the Cosmopolitan was born at the hands of Cheryl Cook, bartender and owner of The Strand in Miami. His words describe the birth of the drink better than anyone else: "It was about 1985; Martini was making a comeback, with its classic glass. The women didn't seem to like cocktails very much but liked to be seen with the martini glass in hand. This gave me the idea of ​​creating a cocktail that would appeal to anyone and fit in this classic glass".So, I took the ingredients, Absolut Citron, a dose of triple sec, a drop of Rose's Lime and enough cranberry to make it deliciously pink. In a short time the cocktail was mentioned by the famous Cosmopolitan magazine, from which Cook took inspiration for the name.

Le origini del cocktail risalgono alla fine del XIX secolo, al tempo della guerra tra Stati Uniti e Spagna: secondo alcune fonti dopo il naufragio della nave Main – nel porto dell’Avana – un marine giunse in un piccolo villaggio vicino a Santiago de Cuba, specificatamente a Daiquiri. Qui, per placare la sua sete, entrò in una sorta di baracca adibita a bar.

Dopo aver rifiutato di bere rhum liscio, ottenne un’aggiunta di succo di lime che aggiustò con dello zucchero. Ecco come venne alla luce il Daiquiri, uno dei cocktail preferiti dello scrittore Ernest Hemingway insieme al Mojito: “Il mio Mojito a La Bodeguita, il mio Daiquiri a La Floridita”.

Florence 1919 or 1920. At the time, Count Camillo Negroni was a regular at the aristocratic Caffè Casoni. One day he wanted something a little bit stronger than his usual Americano so he asked Fosco Scarselli, the barman, to add a dash of gin rather than soda to the drink, in honour of his recent trips to London. The new cocktail became ‘the usual’ for the Count and soon the ‘Count Negroni-style Americano aperitif’ for everybody else. In the 1950s, the cocktail became very popular in Italy and then worldwide with even Ian Fleming citing the Negroni Cocktail in one of the episodes of his famous James Bond saga.

This classic twist on skillfully combines two different flavors, the bitter one typical of juniper and the sweet one typical of violets. The unmistakable floral notes of the buds and petals of violet blend in the acrid notes of gin with a balanced result that makes this cocktail suitable for the most disparate occasions.It is perfect during the long and cold winter months to bring an air of spring and at the same time it’s refreshing when you seek relief during the hot summer evenings.