It appears, this unusual drink has ancient history. According to archeologists, the first cocktail containing alcohol was found by them to Entre Rios, on the river bank the Tiger. Having investigated contents of the found clay jug, they established that in it there is a honey and apple mix with seeds of barley and wine acid. And the endurance is it more than five thousand years! There are also other interesting facts about cocktails which became a subject of our article.
The most interesting facts about cocktails
- Several countries apply for authorship of the name of drink, including, France where consider that some Frenchman serving to the guests drinks became ancestor of this word, spilling them in glasses for eggs which name in French sounds as Coquetier which subsequently turned into cocktail.
- Tubule for cocktail – the product patented, which appeared in 1888 in the United States. Till this time drinks mixes with alcohol drank through thick macaroni or dry straws and if they were not near at hand, - the paper curtailed by a tubule was used.
- It appears, not each connection of drinks can be considered cocktail but only if not less than three components are its part.
- Interesting names of cocktails in many respects promoted their popularity, at the same time quite often they received the names after issue of novels or movies based on the famous literary works. Quite so the Only the Night Dark Knows, Scarlett O'Hara and Widow's Kiss cocktails devoted to heroes of the movie Gone with the Wind were born.
- One more interesting fact - the portion of drink of improbable volume was prepared at the time of Wilhelm III: spent more than 2300 l of brandy and juice, half-ton of sugar and about 25 thousand lemons for it.
- Many are attracted by unusual giving and a peculiar show which the experienced bartender can organize. So, among cocktails with interesting giving not the last place is taken by a An ice shot. It is given in a glass from ice which is done of water, freezing it in a special form. The unusual way of giving does this cocktail especially attractive. There are also other interesting cocktails which differ in an unusual compounding and original taste.