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the cocktail Italians invented to make day-drinking look like a personality trait
means To spray something in quick, fine bursts — or the small sparkling, bittersweet aperitif made by doing roughly that with prosecco and soda over a liqueur like Aperol.
from From German 'spritzen,' to squirt or spray, which passed into the Italian-German borderlands of the old Habsburg empire — where Austrian soldiers and tourists reportedly asked for their too-strong local wines to be 'sprayed' with a splash of water, a habit that drifted toward today's bubbly aperitivo. The drink and the verb share that same hissing, spurting sense of liquid let loose under pressure.
- origin
- Born when Austrian soldiers splashed water into strong Italian wine
- name root
- From German spritzen, meaning to spray or squirt
- the color
- Aperol's orange glow comes from added food dye
- global boom
- Aperol Spritz sales exploded after 2010s social media
- official recipe
- Three parts prosecco, two Aperol, one splash soda
aperol spritz — italian aperitif cocktail with aperol, prosecco, and soda water, originated in the veneto region
hugo spritz — german/austrian cocktail variant made with elderflower cordial, prosecco, mint, and soda water, popular since 2000s