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Where drinks came from, told from the record. Where the record runs out and the stories begin, we say so.
Drinks along the trade routes · 1800 to 2010
Sugar cane, grapes, grain and soda water traveled the trade routes long before the cocktail did. Seven drinks from seven countries show how a spirit becomes a habit: caipirinha, pisco sour, highball, somaek, poncha, spritz and michelada.
7 min read · 17 sources
The Sazerac's long road · 1834 to 2008
A pharmacist's bitters, a coffee house named for a cognac, a switch to rye, an absinthe ban and a local substitute: the Sazerac is the city's drink by law since 2008, and its story is half record and half legend.
6 min read · 10 sources