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Ways to enjoy sambuca
Neat as a Ammazzacaffe (Italian for killer coffee) or just as refreshment.
Ammazzacaffe is is a small glass of liqueur usually consumed after coffee to dull its taste. It is a common Italian custom, especially after a generous meal.
On the rocks
Sambuca can beserved with ice, optionally adding some coffee beans as ornament. The ice enhances the flavors and changes the color of the drink from transparent to dense white.
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 la mosca (Sambuca with flies) The beans are there as an ornament, but they can be chewed to increase the taste of anise. It is usually served in restaurants with 3 coffee beans and is said that the beans represent health, happiness, and prosperity
In coffee
Sambuca can be added to coffee as a sweetener instead of sugar. The mixed drink in Italian is called Caffe corretto though more commonly caffè corretto refers tograppa and coffee.
With water
Sambuca can be served adding fresh water, becoming a refreshing less alcoholic drink
With cola
Sambuca can be served with cola to make a refreshing long drink. Much like with Ouzo, mixing Sambuca with cola creates a cloudy brown drink
Flaming Sambuca
Sambuca may be served in a shot glass and then set on fire for a second or two, in order to increase its flavour.
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