The content and pictures of this post are copyright registered & protected ©myitaliancuisine While it has been largely reported that Negroni cocktail was invented in Florence in 1919 at Caffé Casoni now called Caffé Cavalli and thet Count Camillo Negroni invented it by asking Fosco Scarselli, the bartender, to strengthen his favorite cocktail, the "Americano", by adding gin rather than the normal soda water, the paper back book by Luca Picchi, "Sulle tracce del conte", la vera storia del cocktail "Negroni" (the true story of the "Negroni" cocktail) affirms that the entire Count Negroni story is invented and it's nothing more than a marketing pamphlet to promote visits to Mr. Picchi's bar in Florence (see the comment on this post by one of the membrs of the Negroni family, Colonel Hector Andres Negroni, whom I thank very much for the useful informations). That said..... the "Negroni cocktail" is a huge worldwi...
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