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Each episode of Counter Programming will focus on a "counter" of some sort. Today, we learn about Count Negroni.

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Negroni facts:

• A Negroni is a cocktail made of equal parts vermouth, gin, and campari.
• The Negroni was created at Cafe Casoni in 1919 in Florence, Italy 
• Count Camillo Negroni was friends with the bartender Forsco Scarselli and he asked him to make him his normal drink but a bit stiffer 
• His normal drink was an Americano (which has sweet vermouth, campari, and club soda with a lemon garnish) 
• So the bartender replaced the club soda in his Americano with Gin...and the Negroni was born
• The drink became popular around Italy 
• And Count Negroni even started his own distillery that bottled Negronis (and is still open today) 

Video inspiration for this episode

There is some controversy regarding which "Count" "Negroni" is the inventor of The Negroni. More information here. Some believe it was Camillo Negroni, some believe it was Pascal Olivier de Negroni. The debate continues!

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