“I combine it with the beautiful Bassano Amaro from the Nardini distillery, which has notes of orange and peppermint, Campari, Cointreau, and a few drops of orange bitters. It’s dark, it’s bitter, it’s you in a glass.”

“The color and texture may intimidate, but its balance of bitter, sweet and garden comes into perfect play with an ice cube and a twist of orange.” Recommended

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RECOMMENDED: “From the Veneto, this infusion of bitter orange, peppermint, and yellow-gentian root is based on the Nardini family’s well-known grappa and produced by a double-steam, discontinuous distillation process.”

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RECOMMENDED: “I decided to stop looking for a way out and just go taste it. I urge you to do the same; order a pour at a well-stocked bar and decide for yourself if it's a flavor you can pass by. I'm hooked. Nardini has a rich milk chocolate flavor, a touch of black licorice (though not enough to scare anyone away) and loads of peppermint. Bitter orange and gentian dry it out, but it doesn't have the vegetal side (or quite as aggressive a bitterness) as you'll find in Cynar. This stuff needs no adulteration (I like it on ice), though it's good with soda and orange peel. Or put it in a milkshake with some cacao nibs.”

“An infusion of alcohol, bitter orange, peppermint and alpine yellow gentian root, smells of bitter orange peel, sugarcoated lemon wedges, maple syrup and spice, but the flavors run to the invigoratingly bitter, with woodsy gentian and licorice and a menthol finish. Serve neat or on the rocks.”