Post #89713 by Quince_at_Dannys on Tue, May 4, 2004 11:05 AM

People drink Campari WITH sugar?! Bleaarggh!! Anyone who does so is missing the entire point of Campari.

Trader Woody

Eww, that would be gross! Actually, what I meant was that people used to actually drink Campari and almost nobody does anymore. And you can't even get ANY lime juice at most bars these days, much less a decent quantity of it in your drink, and that's before I even start on the overdose of sugar. That's a reflection of the American palate in 2004.

I've gone to places and ordered a Mai Tai and told them to add some extra lime juice, and they look at me like I'm nuts, since they don't even use ANY to begin with--not even sweet and sour mix! Of course, when that happens I switch to a Martini, and then they try to serve it on the rocks and I have to explain that I want it straight up--"you know, in a cocktail glass," I tell 'em--and of course they don't bother shaking it in ice (and don't even TRY ordering it dirty, because they'll dump about half a bottle of olive juice the warm nasty thing); and at that point I'm ready to go berzerk, flip over some tables, fly screaming over the bar, go nuts on the bartender and sweep my arm across the endless rows of bottles of Apple Pucker, Kahlua, and Root Beer Schnapps, smashing them to the floor, and then proceed to make my own damn drinks!