List No. 4 artwork by Mrs Eliot Books
My first taste of Campari was awful so I don’t know what tempted me to try it again but I’m glad I did.
Over the years my love for it has grown and I’m never without a bottle at home.
Weirdly most pubs also have it so without trying you can make a ‘poor man’s Negroni’ by adding it to gin if you have that bitter craving and a pint doesn’t appeal. If your thirst for bitters is extreme then Campari with a dash of Angostura Bitters (which most pubs also have) will fill the need.
To me Campari tastes bitter and sugary with slight woody and herbal touch but plenty of fruit flavour (especially oranges). It is a great drink and also works really work in sorbets or ices or combined with them- blood orange sorbert with ice cold Campari poured over it won my heart one hot day.
Drinks I love with Campari:
Campari and grapefruit
Campari and soda
Campari and Tonic Water
My list of Campari cocktails to try:
Bloodhound #2 (vodka, campari, grapefruit)
Cardinale (variation on Negroni with different quantities of ingredients)
Capitano (Campari, Carpano Antica Formul, lemon juice and sugar syrup)
Caipi (Campari, lime and sugar syrup)
Milano (a Negroni with Vodka)
Negroni Tredici (A Negroni with added Cynar)
The Quad (Vodka, Campari, orange juice and Cointreau)
Dutch Count Negroni (Negroni with Bols Genever)
Rhubarb Lucca Negroni (Campari, gin, Carpano Antica Formula and Rabarbaro)
Cumbersome (cucumber, gin, Campari and orange juice)
Death in Venice (Campari, grapefruit bitters topped with Prosecco)
Diamond Dog (Campari, orange juice, roses Lime and dry Vermouth)
Cornwall Negroni (gin, campari, Punt E Mes, orange bitters, sweet vermouth)
Dolce Amaro (Campari, Amaretto and dry vermouth)
and about 70 others…
Campari Links:
Campari tasting notes on Drinks Enthusiast
Campari tasting notes on Diffords Guide
The Cocktail Geek review of Campari
Campari, the Italian classic that still has style
Difford Guide to search for Campari cocktails
| Carpano Antica Formula | ||
| ½ | shot | Rabarbaro |
bitter with a twist 