You get the best of both worlds
Have you ever made a personal discovery that led you to believe—for a brief sliver of time— that you were a genius, a radical free thinker that had blazed a ferocious trail into the unknown? A few years ago, I started making a coffee drink that I call the Spritzy Americano, a mixture of seltzer, espresso, and orange juice.
The Spritzy Americano is a straightforward, refreshing, lively way to start—or keep moving through—your day. This is a cold, balanced, bitter beverage. Now, before you think, , let me clarify. The Spritzy Americano is bitter in the way that a Negroni, a bar of beautiful dark chocolate, or a complex Italian amaro is bitter. The bitterness is an integral part of the beverage, balanced by the other elements, in this case,Most specialty mixed coffee drinks are sweet. Frappuccinos are milkshakes.had their moment. Lattes topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and pumpkin shavings exist. This is not a coffee tonic or a milkshake or a declaration that the seasons are changing.
But there’s one more thing to add. You’ve seen bartenders wave around a citrus peel over some artful cocktail masterpiece they just created, right? They do that for a reason. The oils in the peel of the citrus give a concentrated, floral, pleasantly-bitter orange flavor to the drink. Peel and bendover the drink, rub them gently along the rim of the glass, and then slide them into the drink along the side of the glass.
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