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I have one sourced drink connected to Hungary. The label on each card says how: where it began, what the country is known for, what people drink there, or where the origin is disputed.

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Hungary on the world map. Boundaries are generalized Natural Earth data.

Drinks of Hungary

Signature drinks and regional ones, with the evidence behind each. A drink marked non-alcoholic has no alcohol in the traditional serve.

  • Illustration of Fröccs: clear pale straw white wine with fine bubbles, in a plain straight-sided water glass without a stem.

    Fröccs

    IconicSignature drink

    The Hungarian wine spritzer, a chilled drink of wine and soda water in a named ratio. Kisfröccs is 1 dl wine and 1 dl soda, nagyfröccs is 2 dl wine to 1 dl soda, hosszúlépés is 1 dl wine to 2 dl soda, házmester is 3 dl wine to 2 dl soda, and sportfröccs is 1 dl wine to 4 dl soda. Macifröccs is made with red wine and raspberry syrup.

    Wikipedia traces the word spritzer to Austrian German. The Hungarian Conservative links the drink to the soda bottle invented by the monk and scientist Ányos Jedlik. Taste Hungary says Jedlik devised industrial soda water production in 1826, that local lore credits the poet Mihály Vörösmarty with the word fröccs, and that by the late 19th and early 20th century it was a staple sold across the country. Specialized fröccs bars now serve wine and soda or mineral water in many proportions.

    Made with: wine, usually white, soda water.

    Confidence: mediumEvidence: en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab), hungarianconservative.com (opens in a new tab), tastehungary.com (opens in a new tab)

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