What is amaro?
Amaro · Italian
Italian bittersweet herbal liqueur, sipped after dinner to settle the stomach. Styles run from light and citrusy to dark and medicinal. Plural amari.
What it tastes like
Sweet and bitter at once, with herbs, roots, citrus peel and spice. Some taste like cola, others like mint or licorice.
Where you’ll see it
After-dinner lists at Italian restaurants, amaro flights at cocktail bars, and in modern stirred drinks.
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