Country

Peru

One drink is tied to Peru. The label on each 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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How each drink is tied to Peru

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Pisco SourOriginCreated here
The earliest known recipe, pisco, lime, sugar and egg white under the plain title Cocktail, is in a Lima pamphlet of 1903. Victor Morris's bar on Calle Boza, open from April 1916 to 1929, made the Pisco Sour famous, and a 1921 Lima magazine already credited him. Hotel Bolivar's bar, staffed by former Morris bartenders, carried it on. Lima is documented on primary material.
Confidence: highEvidence: diffordsguide.com (opens in a new tab)

The recipes

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Pisco Sour

Lima's grape-brandy sour under a cap of foam and bitters

Peru's national cocktail: pisco, fresh lime, simple syrup and egg white, shaken without ice and then with it, strained up and finished with drops of aromatic bitters on the foam.

PiscoShakenIntermediate

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