1:35 "Tito Pepe" 😂 Tito is diminutive for tío. A closer, more familiar way of calling your parents brother. This sounded very funny to my Spanish ear. It was the very first alcoholic drink I tasted... At the age of seven. Days. Yes: I was only one week old when my grandparent to my sucker and sunk it in his copita and stuck it into my mouth. Since then I love it. And only recently discovered cocktails with it. Thanks for sharing!
Oh man, that's amazing, I'm pinning this comment for your grandparents! I misspoke on Tio Pepe (and didn't realize until working on the subtitles, when the episode was already uploaded) but I'm glad the meaning still fits lol! Also learned something new so thank you for this great comment! Cheers.
it's not easy to find in the states but I tracked some down. I find the design of the bottle to be better than its contents. it gets lost in a drink very easily and doesn't have a particularly complex flavor. slight citrus notes from the bergamot, bitterness, a lot of sugar content. that said, curious to try this drink. maybe it'll change my mind about italicus.
@@romulus_ rosoli can be quite different in flavors depending on the region (or even towns and villages) where they were made for so long. I'm guessing they wanted to keep it nice and nuanced for the first such product to be released commercially. But I couldn't agree more on the bottle, it's a work of art. Cheers!
My mother is from Calabria in Italy and I just asked her about Rosolio and she said that she was too young, but she remembers my grandfather talking about it. She said that he told her that it was named after a women called Rosina. I wish I had more to this story - but that's the tip of the iceberg! Thanks so much for sharing - I'm now on a search to find this!
Awesome, I'd love to hear more. I think I read somewhere that the name came from roses (part of some rosoli) and morning dew on them. Feel free to share what you'll find out, here or on the Cocktail Time discord server, there's plenty of cocktail friends who'd be interested as well!
Haha yeah, Sašo did a great job capturing that unexpected moment. I loved Italicus mixed with mead in the Beegroni, but it works great in this light spritz as well. And the bottle makes any shelf look better, which is always a plus, right?
Haha that explains what happened there. First time I used this carbonator (Rhubard soda - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8DPIpO_5vPQ.html) I even said that carbonating anything other than water can mean trouble, but I didn't fill the bottle that time and it was ok. Like I said, you live, you learn. Thanks, Pete!
Thanks for the great content! What's your recommendation of getting a soda siphon or a soda machine? It seems that a soda siphon is more flexible (i.e. the bitter inducing foam part)?
