Serving
[edit] Neat
Sambuca can be served neat, as Ammazzacaffè or just as refreshment.
[edit] On the rocks
Sambuca can be served with ice, optionally adding some coffee beans as ornament. The ice exalts the flavours and changes the colour of the drink from transparent to dense white.
[edit] With toasted coffee beans
In Italy it is common to serve neat Sambuca with some floating coffee beans dropped on it: it is called Sambuca con mosca (literally, "Sambuca with flies"). The beans are there as an ornament, but they can be chewed to exalt the taste of anise. An Italian tradition is to put three coffee beans representing love, life and laughter.
[edit] In coffee
Sambuca can be added to coffee as a sweetener instead of sugar. The mixed drink in Italian is called caffè corretto (literally, "corrected coffee").
[edit] With water
Sambuca can be served adding fresh water, becoming a refreshing less alcoholic drink.
[edit] Flaming Sambuca
A flaming Sambuca is typically made by lighting the drink in a shot glass and allowing it to burn. The flame is then extinguished and the Sambuca is quickly drunk whilst still warm. One popular method of extinguishment is placing the palm of the hand over the top of the shot glass, where suction is created causing the shot glass to "stick" to the hand. This is also potentially dangerous; if the flame is allowed to burn for too long, it will heat up the shot glass also - resulting in burn injuries to the hand[4].
Another technique is to pour a shot of Sambuca into a wine glass, and then to light it, swirling the shot continuously. Pour it into the original shot glass, then cover with the wine glass to extinguish the flame, remove the wine glass but still keep it upside-down. Take the shot, then, using a straw, suck out the alcohol fumes of the wine glass, allowing you to fully taste Sambuca. This is similar to a drink where Blue Bols is mixed with Sambuca, all the steps above are followed but after the fumes are sucked out of the wine glass, the last drop of the mix is poured onto the base of the wine glass and then snorted up the nose with a small straw.
Hatcher
A combination of Sambuca and Baileys. Two parts Baileys to one part Sambuca put in a shaker with ice, then poured into a short cocktail glass over ice. No coffee beans with this drink. Created and named after its creator Trey Hatcher. If using black Sambuca, it can be called a Blatcher; if served on Thanksgiving, a Thatcher.
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2007-12-31 11:10:15
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answered by Dean C 6
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Your doing him a favor by driving him to drink , no it appears just the right amount of peroxide has been used .
2016-03-20 06:48:34
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answered by Anonymous
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I think Italian people put it in coffee, don't they?
2007-12-31 11:08:10
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answered by Digital Age 6
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