| The Italian aperitif drinks attracted me since my first visit in Italy. This habit of going to a bar (in Italy there are a lot of bars, and the major part are clean, beautiful and give good service) and having an aperitif was something new for me. It's known that Italians use to socialize in a bar. It's common to meet a friend and, to greet each other, drink something together. |  |
It is the same for job reasons. Invite a coffee or a drink may be the way to get into more confidence or just seal a good deal. Always in a bar ... drinking something.  | The typical Italian aperitif drinks are analcoholic and coloured. The most common one is bitter. It comes in small bottles (125ml) that the waiter opens and put into a glass together with ice (during warm season) and a slice of lemon or orange. You can choose between white or red bitter. |
Other than bitter you may choose an Aperol or a Crodino (both orange coloured) if you don't want an alcoholic drink. Otherwise there's the famous Campari soda. It comes in a triangle bottle and is served cool. Attention, it's bitter and fresh, but alcoholic, and you may not notice it until you try to stand up from your chair! That's probably the reason why the bars use to serve chips, olives and other canapès together with aperitifs. These are the typical aperitif drinks. Of course one can order anything for aperitif, as a fruit juice (Italians are really good. There's the famous ACE, that means orance, carrot and lemon juice; or other older ones like peach that worths the try) or a sprinkle white wine. Leaving the analcoholic aside, there comes the most known Italian drinks, as Martini or Negroni.
Click here to learn how to prepare a Martini, a Negroni or a Bellini drink
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