Name: Mezzo E Mezzo
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml; 45 ml Rabarbaro liqueur; 60 ml Soda water

Ingredients

1 1/2 fl oz

Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro

2 fl oz

Thomas Henry Soda Water

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

POUR ingredients into ice-filled glass.

Briefly STIR.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Mezzo E Mezzo contains 138 calories

Alcohol content:

0.5 standard drinks
4.72% alc./vol. (9.45° proof)
7.1 grams of pure alcohol

History

Originally and properly made with equal parts Nardini Rosso, Nardini Rabarbaro and soda water, this drink originates from the famous Grapperia Nardini on the Ponte Vecchio where Nardini Rosso was first served with soda water in the 1920s. In the 1970s a drinker tried Nardini Rosso with a dash of Nardini’s rhubarb liqueur. The combination became increasingly popular, and as its popularity grew, so the dash became larger until the mixture reached equal parts Nardini Rosso and Rabarbaro.

Comments & Discussion

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Simon Sedgley Premium Member 1y

Another great example of the principle "less is more". Delicious.

Luca Viviani Premium Member 5y

I tried this unpretentious but delicious aperitivo in the summer of 2019 while in Bassano del Grappa for work. Apparently, the bridge is always packed with people sipping a Mezzo e Mezzo before dinner time. The drink is so popular that Nardini sells a pre-mixed Mezzo e Mezzo liquor, half Rosso & half Rabarbaro.

Matt Excell 5y

I've been served a Mezzo e Mezzo at Camparino in Milan that had Campari instead of a rosso vermouth style. Is that just Campari jumping on another brand's established creation?