Fernet Con Coca, The Taste of Argentina! | How to Drink
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- Today I travel to South America to try various configurations of Fernet Con Coca, the National Drink of Argentina!
Fernet Con Coca, or Fernandito is the national drink of Argentina. While Fernet has been hugely popular in Argentina since coming over from Italy with a huge wave of immigration in the first years of the turn of the 20th century, it remained a largely buttoned up after dinner affair until sometime in the 1970's when Fernet was first mixed with Coca Cola in Cordoba Province. After remaining something of a College Town night life staple for a couple of decades, Branca (the owner of Fernet Branca) took notice and investigated. Discovering the local phenomena Branca turned out a massive ad campaign celebrating the combination of Fernet and Coca Cola and turned it into a nationwide sensation. Argentina now consumes 75% of ALL Fernet Branca globally.
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Hope your quarantine is going well
where can i get those glasses? im having such a time finding straight glasses!
50/50 tasting notes :
"face assault"
"ultra dark chocolate"
I like it, hit me barkeep!
I beat up the like button.
it was that 90210.
only with chartreuse vert.
Nice video man! Watching you from Salta, Argentina! 🇦🇷❤️
Argentinian here
-no, we dont keep it in the fridge, just the coca goes in the fridge
-50-50 is Cordoba style, 70-30 or 20-80 is about right, but it dependes on how strong you want it
-no limes please
Porque en cordoba estamos muertos por dentro papá, no nos hace nada culiau
@@portadordelwiju JAJAJAJAJAJAAJAJA
yo lo pongo en la heladera un fla pero es preferencia propia
Y es mejor poner el fernet y la coca en la heladera para ahorrarte en poner muchos hielos y que quede aguado
Yo guardo siempre el fernet en el freezer, cuando mas frio mejor, y eso que los cordobeces toman el fernet 50/50 es la mentira mas grande que hay.
Another argentinian here:
30% Fernet
70% Coke and ice
When you taste it, if its to strong, you need to screem "CULIAU", its meeans is very strong and need more coke, its a fact 100% cordobés
JAJAJAJ MAL
Jajajajajajajajajajajajaja
It's strongaso, the shell of his mother!
no hace falta que digas que sos argentino, absolutamente todos los comentarios son de argentinos, se vuelven locas cuando algun extranjero habla de esta país pedorro
@@81summer98 no seas amargado pinball.
Another argentinian here just for add some (not) new tips:
Drink in a bottle cut for extra Cordoba powers, without shirt and listening Los Palmeras with the bois in a beach, lake or river
A few recipes:
100% coke: ok, not everyone likes drink alcohol
Fernet 10%/90% Coke= drinkable candy
20%/80%= Soft and sweety
*30/70*= 'perfect balaced taste, as everything has to should be" Cordobés Thanos
40/60= ok, rogue but still drinkable
50/50 = you're a hoho you're brave one!!
60/40= you should stop after the 1th drink
70/30= Bitter mate for real men
80/20= like coffe with sugar on the botton of the cup
90/10= if you have another liver, keep going
100% fernet= 20th century italian gentleman
Extra Córdoba powers if you go to Punilla
For extra Cordoba powers jajaajjaja
jajajajajaja genioo
I live for this comment 😄🤣
vivo por este comentario
-The whole Argentinian population has joined the server
577 got that Brazilian wifi
Argentinian says: No lemon for the love of god, head of chota.
HEAD OF CHOTA HAHAHAHAHA I'M DYING boe se hacia el yankee
@@joseignaciobollea2171 jajajajajajajajajajajajajjaja lptm XD jajajjajaa
Head of chota xdxx
JAJAJAJAJAA estaba buscando alguien que escriba eso.
Jajajaja la traducción literal sería "dickhead"
Random youtube video: *has argentina in the tittle*
Argentinians: so you have summoned us
Desde luego maestro
@@camilo23rm tamos re al pedo amigo
Sabe que si
And here we are, can you help us ti get back the malvinas isles?
@@carlitoslopez7551 In English, they're called Falkland Islands.
The next "jugo Tang naranja y vino Termidor" please.
Uvita y rinde dos pa
@@matiasgaleano4228 usted si sabe jajajaja 👍
Viña de balbo y manaos de naranja.
Un Fantino
Nananana, que Tang ni que Tang. Manaos de Naranja con Vino Toro, vos sabes lo que es eso?
Fun fact: Rami Malek is a very big fan of fernet con coca since he was living in Argentina few years ago.
Esa gente sin gracia que te dice que tenés que poner "Dick Head" son los auténticos "head of chota"
Está checkeado esto????
que crack
Buen dato, pero nadie te preguntó
Fun fact. Kevin Parker was addicted to Manaos Cola and Pitusas cookies. Luckily he hasn't consumed them since he was in rehabilitation
The fernet proportion increases through the night. That's a fact.
70/30. Corta
8O/2O, o vas a tener que comprar una de 3L, y JAJA no.
El facu sapeee
yie
30/70 Beverly Hills
*drinks the first glass.
[Starts talking in Cordobés]
[Starts to sing Rodrigo songs]
[Starts dancing cuarteto and says culiao]
[Starts to talk of Dieguito Maradona]
[Becomes a new Talleres fan]
[Starts with a "che culeao"]
Im from cordoba argentina and i wont lie i had a heart attack when i saw that lime.
jajaaa
Same
Es un face of verga el gordito
We all had 😬😬😬
Capital y creo que todo el país reaccionó así jajaja
Bro
70% Coca
30% Fernet
2 hielos
Y nos vimos.
3 hielos*
No, el porcentaje de fernet es segun que tan en la loma del orto queres aparecer sin ropa ni riñon
60 de Coca y 40 de Fernet!!
Con 2 hielos!!
4 hielos si es en botella cortada
@@antolevy3163 estará muy aguado !!
Todos somos argentinos camuflados hablando inglés xD
Shhh I’m trynna get my visa
@@whimahwhe what?
JEJEEEEEE
Shhh, i'm trying to be a original unitedstatecivilian jajajajaja
Nuestra educación llega a tantas personas?
El chabon contando la historia hasta de como se invento la botella de fernet....
ARGENTINOS: YA TOMATE EL MALDITO FERNET!!!!!!!
jajajaj es verdad.
no se por que pero lo lei con acento cordobes xd
@Natanael Cairó y si no queres estar en la misma bolsa tomatelas. Lo que puse es una forma de expresar lo que la mayoria entramos a ver. Si vos sos de la minoria que si presta atencion a todo lo que dice y te haces el culto por eso te felicito. Pero entonces ahorrate el comentario aca y habla con la minoria. Saludos
@Natanael Cairó si en eso tenes razon por ahi me pase con la respuesta q te di. Disculpame no hace falta bardear ni nada por el estilo. Saludos
Seee jajajaja
jajajaja He started with a serious review and by the end he was a doing an improvised wrestlemania ad :D
Welcome to the wonderful world of Fernet con Coca, my friend ;)
Arruinadoooo! Ya esta, ya es de los nuestros!
Es como la comunion, ya se Argentinizo. No se si es bueno o malo iguall XD!
Next video: Manaos & Fernet vittone.
Vos lo queres matar?
La mezcla prohibida XD
Te re moris
el fernet prohibido
Si sobrevive a eso, el coronavirus no le va a hacer ni cosquillas 😂
As an Argentinian who doesn't like bitter drinks.... Fernet gets better the more you drink it (In the same night)
Literally, you never like it the first time, then it grows on you
In the same night. Jajajajajja estallé de risa.
MaxFPS first time I tried a sip I also had that “what the fuck is this oh god why would anyone drink it” reaction, but then I got a glass of it and it grew on me
denle un premio a la mejor descripcion del fernet que escuche en años.
Como el Ron barato?
You should try Fernet lucera with manaos de uva, is like swiming in The riachuelo with your mouth open
JAJAJAJAJAJA preferible tomar acido
JAJAJA ¿vos queres que este pobre hombre tenga cancer estomacal? XD
Nooooo lo querés matar al gordillo, Manaos nooooooo
JAJAJAJAJAJAJA se le hace un agujero negro en el panza al gordito
jaja
Fun fact: Alfred in the Dark Knight Rises likes Fernet Branca too. The theme for that scene its Fernet Branca too by Hans Zimmer😀😀.
PD: I'm argentinian too😀
If y'all want views, just talk about Argentina and we'll do the rest 🤙🏼
Claro amigo.
Muchos canales de afuera están haciendo esa, tienen mas visitas que con sus propios ciudadanos
porque somos re cipayos e inseguros y necesitamos validación externa
@@julian.castro18 claro, necesitamos que el mundo hable de nosotros
The secret is that we train our taste buds from childhood with the most bitter thing ever: mate.
jajajajaja el pibe a los dos años ya tiene un mate en la mano, cómo no va a tomar fernet después?
@@Lalisosunangel y claro viste xD
Creo que el solo reacciona a bebidas alcoholicas
Amigo yo tomo fernet con coca desde los 6
El mejor comentario jajajajajajajaj
The only thing i have to say to americans who watch this video:
1- we dont use lime
2- pls send money we are starving
Edit: fua loco es la primera vez que recibo tantos likes
El mejor comentario por lejos.
El mejor comentario lejos.
please get us out of latinoamerica
Jajajajaja manden plata le mandó y que querés si nos gobiernan unos chorros
JAJAJAJAJA el mejor comentario
I bought a bottle last night to try a drink from the book “Booze and Vinyl 2” without realizing it has a 2 week shelf life once opened. I was frustrated at first but then I thought “I bet Greg made a video about this!” So glad to learn about this combo! I like how the bitterness helps tame the sweetness of the coke. It’s noon and I’m enjoying a 70/30 at the moment! Hunkered down in a snowstorm in the northwest, time to try some new drinks…
Also, I’m glad I typed this comment so I could listen to the bonus content at the end. You crack me up!
Nice to see someone actually informed make a video about fernet, most usually have their facts way off, but you sir made us proud. Just some comments:
- The drink is served cold. As cold as possible actually. Usually this includes ice, the coke is cold off the fridge, and, personally, I put the fernet in the freezer (most people don't but I find it better this way).
- The foam isn't necessarily desired, it's like the foam on the beer. Some people like it, some don't. The usual household preparation on a 2L cut coke bottle has a 20% foam volume which is inevitable but not actually desired, it's a byproduct of pouring over plastic instead of crystal. Very slow pouring of the coke, and trying to hit the ice brings down the foam significantly.
- YES the glass bottle coke is the best and the most sought after when preparing a Fernet.
- Usual ratio is 70/30, which is optimized for flavor. Anything over that is usually just to get drunk faster, and doesn't involve enjoying the drink.
- YES it is definitely an acquired taste. Start with low fernet percenteges and slowly build up to the 70/30 while you are still trying it out, this will make it way more enjoyable.
- I've never seen someone drink fernet with lime. I might try it out, but intuition and popular belief seems to be that it's no good. Branca makes a mint flavored fernet which isn't as popular as regular fernet, it's usually mixed with sprite or 7up and it probably makes more sense to add lime to that one instead of the classic fernet with coke. I personally never tried mint fernet.
*La argentinidad al palo plays softly in the background*
JDKAKAJS lpm
JAJAJAJAJA
Che quien le entendió algo a este comentario?
@@facundomarinaro1478 Yo, te lo traduzco?
JAJAJAJAJA trememdo
courdouba , fernanditou..
Jajajajajajajajj lo q me reí
Falto Jiménez pero bien jajaja
cord0uba, fernand0u
lpm que tengo down es fernandito no fernando
jajajaja
cordóba
vine buscando el comentario: -Era 90 coca / 10 Fernet CEBADO .....
70%Coca~Cola - 30% Fernet.
Preferiblemente el Fernet bien frío( no se congela en el frezzer), y el vaso y o jarra, porrón de ser posible también fríos.
Servir 1° el Fernet y luego la Coca~Cola lentamente de manera de lograr esa espuma que queda de maravilla.
90 coca 10 fernet? que sos trolo?
Ricardo Lujan Fredes estoy de acuerdo con todo excepto con el fernet frio, el fernet va ambiente y el resto de los componentes casi congelados, el fernet se pone amargo para mal con el frío
el fernet es 60 40 gilaso, solo digo que se equivocó el chabón 😂
Cordóba 🌈qliá ai lobiu 😂 @matzorama yo te summoneo
Yay, a vídeo about my country, saying hi from Argentina, hope you have a nice day
Pones argentina en el título y todos nosotros aparecemos
Holi!
Prácticamente es la mejor forma de atraer argentinos
En un epi de coraje el perro cobarde sale un pez argentino que menciona a Diego Maradona? Aparecemos
El prota de la peli starship trooper es porteño? Aparecemos, se mencions villa gesell en Xmen pero muestran bariloche? Aparecemos, hoodwicked menciona Argentina? Aparecemos
Gringo toma fernet y nos menciona? Obvio que aparecemos
@@alvarox951 Menciona que Hackett de Mass Effect es Porteño en el codex? Cagamos a los Reapers a trompadas papu!!
Obvio
aparecemos y nos da sed al ver el video
Welcome to Argentina! Here is some Fernet.
"Ugh, dude, this is terrible."
Haha, I know, right? Want some more?
"Y-Yes..."
Also! You can make it softer! I personally drink it 50/50 and my friends HATE ME for it, so I'm forbidden to prepare the "Fernet Pitcher". They drink it around 15/20%. It's an adquired taste, 100%.
Yo lo tomo solo, y soy el rarito de mis amigos. Soy uruguayo viviendo en Argentina, así que se esperaba, jajaja.
As an italian i love drinking it straight lol
son re cagones tus amigos q ondaa
Soma Cruz Tal cual! jajajajj Ahora que boludo este pibe. Que ganas de complicar las cosas al pedo no? jajaj Es un fernandito che, que complicas!? jajjajaj
THE CRAZY PITCHER
la verdad es que la cultura Argentina y Argentina en general me parecen de lo mejor del mundo.
Saludos desde Argentina
Title: Arg..
Argentinians: let us introduce ourselves
Vine a buscar el comentario de "América es un continente para darle like.
xq lo traducía litera? jajaja
Si y tambien su pais se llama america pa , te guste o no
@@lautaroparodi5908 se llama Estados Unidos, pero no tienen un gentilicio como en español que es estadounidense
@@zeonvibes se llama Estados Unidos de América, por lo tanto se pueden llamar así mismo Americanos. Hay cosas que aprender todavía, pa.
@@facudacrema9962 no se llama estados unidos de america xd, de donde sacaste eso?
Brazilian here, learned to drink fernet with argentinian tourists on the beach. Bought a box of fernet this summer. I really love this drink.
Boa manito!
Sopa do macaco! Na.. just kiddin bro. I'm glad you like it!
Argentina and Brazil are the best contry.
Competitive in fútbol, and in counter xdd.
Depex00 sopa do macaco? Essa não conhecia kkk
Argentinians say:
No lemon for the love of god, head of pija
jajajjaja head of pija jajajajjajaja
Great video! In Argentina most people have their first fernet con coca when they are probably 15 or something. Also the cut up coca bottle is called "viajero" or "the traveler" because we pass it around while we go to the club or to another party.
Nos aparece en TH-cam un gringo tomando fernet y acá caemos todos los argentinos a enseñarle cómo se hace.
No podemos evitarlo jajajaja
Pd: hay que tirarle la coca desde más alto para que se haga la espumita.
Le faltó servir el fernet en una botella cortada a la mitad jajaja
Y con Coca hispana (azúcar de verdad).
Para mi el fernet perfecto es con una espuma de 1 dedo de ancho o dedo y medio como máximo. No se porque pero cuando veo que sirven pura espuma me invade una ira asesina
👏👏👏
jajajajaja posta hay que argentinizar el mundo
The legends tells that if you say: "ARGENTINA" three times before you go to sleep, we the argentinians; will show up into your dreams!!
hola
vendo muletas
And we'll say... cuantas copas tenes ? Maraca jajajaja
What?..., Who?... , Why?... Did someone summoned my? For god sake it's 4:00 A.M. : (
"COMPRO ALUMINIO COMPROOOOO!
COMPRO BATERÍAS VIEJAS, COMPRO MOTORES VIEJOS COMPROOOOOOO!"
Try out "jugo tang" and "termidor" wine. You would get a lot of argentinians suscribers
Se vaa a morir!
@@BautiNogueira. De felicidad por todo lo que ahorro
@@tomasrojo2573 jajajajajaja
No.
Me tentė MAL 🤣
Nananana como explica, es un genio.
Aparte te tira toda la data, no deja nada sin decir. Muy buen video 👏
How to drink it the Argentinian way: just eye ball the thing. Keep it simple, that's how we do it.
Also, help us. We are in big debt.
HAHA best comment so yea, we are so carefree with our cocktails that we accidentally went carefree with our economy too!!!! :DD
@@sofiamejiasesperanza2912 al least we don't have a disaster every day like ANOTHER country *cough cough Chile cough cough*
@@nehuenrivas4891 am I sensing some SHADEE?
@@sofiamejiasesperanza2912 damn we straight beefin in english my guys
@@jura7159 fr fr
Guys you should make 25% fernet and 75% Coca-Cola, if you want to make a good foam, put the glass in a 45°/50° angle and pour the coke slooowlyy (ir should have a Lot of gas if not it wont make any foam). Viva argentina carajo 🇦🇷
Aguante argentina lpm
This guy has it right. We don't trink fernet and coke with more than 45% percent of fernet. Its 25% of fernet and coca cola to the top of the glass
@@luciogarcia3204 yo me reviento un 50/50 los sabados cuando salgo, pero lo normal no pasa de 40% y eso cuando le agarras la mano.
Claramente dejando la política de lado, sino somos un desastre man
Viva! 🇦🇷
90% Fernet, he's gonna have a great stomach ache
Se va a ir por el baño xD
Hi! I am from Argentina. I was born and raised in Cordoba but currently live in Buenos Aires.
Fernet was brought by Italian immigrants at the beginning of the 20th century.
Traditionally it was taken with sparkling water and was taken by the elderly in bars and cafes.
Legend says that sometime in the late 1980s a grandfather was with his grandson in a bar when the boy mistakenly put Coca Cola in his grandfather's glass that contained a little of fernet. Very common mistake since the color of both drinks is similar at first view.
The boy drinks and feels a strange taste and tells his grandfather.
Grandpa drinks and likes it.
This discovery reaches the ears of the bartender and the rest is history.
This drink is like TOMACO from the simpsons. At first you hate it, then you just cant have enough of it.
most common ratio is about 25% fernet 75 coke.
70 30 mas facil
No seas trolo man
@@433lemmon Me esperaba encontrar exactamente este comentario jajajajajajaj
NO SEAS TROLO MAN ES 40-60
Fr fr I have a friend that said he hated fernet, then he started drinking it more often with the guys and now he loves it
Fun fact: As an Argentinean who moved out to London i can say that our Fernet tastes completely different to the original Italian formula. I would say the Argentinean one is more bitter and the mint tones in there (if any) are barely noticeable, but it makes a much better combination with Coke, where as Italian Fernet is very smooth and has a strong mint flavour
This is true. And I don´t know why there wasn´t any foam. It makes as much foam as a poorly poured beer
absolutely right.
Joaquin Rolfo He was using an already-opened bottle of coke that he was pouring into a jigger first. That’s going to kill any carbonation that was already dying fast in that bottle.
It's true! As an American who recently went to Spain, I realized that the Fernet tastes different from what I was used to in the states...so I'm curious to know which distillery America gets its Fernet from...
Christopher Day All US Fernet Branca is made in Italy.
I'm from cordoba and I don't think I've ever met anyone who drinks it 50-50 and enjoys it (and I know a LOT of people who drink Fernet con Coca), but maybe more like 50 coke, 30 ice, and 20 fernet. You want to have a lot of ice since It tastes better when it is really cold and the water from the ice will help make it nicer for the uninitiated :P Use smaller ice cubes, you want them to melt faster. 90210 is an aberration don't do that! haha. Anyway, that's the way I make it and everyone loves it! Everyone likes it in a different way, don't be afraid to play with the ratios! PS: I loved the video, you've got most of the facts right, well done!
I love that you made the video respectfully.
as an expat living in Argentina I love this drink and here are a few tips i would give
1. bigger glass
2. smaller ice cubes
3. plastic bottle coke (has way more gas)
4. ABSOLUTELY NO LIME!!!!
As a 30-year-old Argentinean, I have to ask: DUDE, what the hell are you doing here? I'm almost trying to figure out a way to get myself and my family out of this country before it inevitably collapses (again).
@@Olderaccount17 If he has USD he can live like a king here.
@@Olderaccount17 ya te lo dijo Hernán! Yo soy de acá, y acá me quedo, el mismo cielo en que nació el Diego..
Argentinean here, I'm gonna add a few notes with timestamps for anyone interested in this drink. First things first though, I really enjoyed enjoyed this video! Learned a lot about Fernet! I'd already figured we're the country that drinks the most fernet in the world, but *75%* ?? That's insane. Any way, let's get to it:
2:15 Indeed, a large chunk of the Argentinean population comes from Italian lineage, myself included.
3:33 The name "Fernandito" stems from taking "Fernet" and converting it to "Fernando," a common Spanish name here in Argentina. "Fernandito" would be sort of an endearing way of calling someone named "Fernando." It would literally translate to "Little Fernando." But, to make it easier to understand, Fernet→Fernando→Fernandito would be like taking Whisky and converting it to Whisky→William→Willie ("Pour me a Willie," though I get the feeling there could be some unintended sexual innuendo there)
4:50 That juggernaut you see there is what we call a "Viajero" which literally means "Traveler." This is because, although it's common at parties and hangouts, we also prepare that thing and drink it *while on our way* to a party or nightclub, hence its name. If you prepare one at parties, it's a great way to start a conversation or get to know other people, as you simply toss a bunch of straws in it and go around the party encouraging everyone to drink from it, whether it's just one person or several at the time.
5:20 Yup, that's about right. 70-30 is the way to go, especially if it's your first time drinking it. It's a strong, bitter drink, and I would say most of its appeal comes from its sort-of-herbal smell and taste (once mixed with Coke. DO NOT smell it pure because it will completely put you off of trying it.) I do agree it's an acquired taste and would bet a year's salary that the vast majority of people who drink fernet DID NOT like it the first time they had it (or, at the very least, didn't know how to feel about it). You do have to get used to it but, once you do, it'll become one of your go-to drinks for sure. I sure as shit could go for one right now, and it's barely half-past noon.
7:30 Indeed, there is a mint-flavored version of fernet. I would say most people usually have it with Sprite instead of Coke.
7:12 We absolutely *DO NOT* keep fernet in the freezer. That's a big no-no. I don't think most people even store it in the fridge. It's my understanding that chilling any sort of spirits or liquors in the fridge does nothing, but don't quote me on that. Besides, the green Branca bottle, with that beautiful, classy label, is a nice bottle to have on display on your shelf.
7:50 I personally don't enjoy it 50-50, but I don't doubt that there are those who have it that way, specially in Cordoba (I'm not from that province/state, by the way).
9:46 Agree, don't put anything else on it. Just fernet, Coke and ice.
10:22 I literally *yelled* "Noooooo!" when I heard 90% fernet. Nah man, just no. Never heard of anyone having it that way either. Only seen a few people have it as shots , but I only ever saw that in the US. It's weird actually; I've been fortunante enough to work in Vail, CO. during the Winter season on four separate occassions as part of a Work & Travel exchange program. There was this bar, The George, where I would go AT LEAST 4 times a week (God, I miss the hell out of that place). Anyway, while it would seem that most Americans had never even heard of the thing, there were some who would have it as a shot, which seemed awfully strange to me; us Argentineans NEVER have fernet that way. Just the thought of it made me shrug my face at how hideous it probably tasted. Which I eventually had to do this one time I lost a game of UNO. At first I was like, "Whatever. If these pansy-ass Americans who don't drink (or like) fernet nearly as much as we do can have it as a shot, it should be a piece of cake for a rugged palate like mine." Boy, was I wrong about that! I started drinking the shot and to this day I swear my esophagus just quit and contracted halfway through. The drink started pouring out of the sides of my mouth. That had never happened to me with ANY shot. It literally felt like my organism was rejecting it. Decidedly. Don't remember if I got to finish the damn thing but, if I did, it certainly wasn't in one sip. Most hideous thing I've ever drank. First and last time I ever did that. Don't know how there are people out there who have the stomach for that.
Other than that, if you're sitting at the bar in the US and order a Fernet with Coke, it's a very good conversation starter, as most people will never have even seen it and will ask you what it is. The foam alone will catch their attention. This was specially true in a place like Vail, where there were so many tourists from all over The States and the world.
""Fun"" fact: it's the drink Alfred tells Bruce he used to have in Italy in "The Dark Knight Rises." They would serve it to him in sort of a small chalice (the amount of a shot) but have it in sips. Must be some sort of Italian or old-man thing. Probably using it the old-fashioned way as mentioned at 1:50
Also, the type of drink is just "Fernet." Branca is the name of the most popular brand, which is also one of the best (and many Argentineans will fight you to the death if your dare question it's THE best). My personal favorite brand of fernet is called "Nero 53," which is only a few years old (less than 10, I think). Really good stuff.
Que dedicación escribir todo eso y que buen inglés wacho
@@melanibruce3755 Yeah. My poor public school english, no me deja escribir asi
Muchot texto jajaj
Gracias por venir a hacer justicia! Venía a decir algo de eso y que también se puede "coquear" un poco si no le gusta tan amargo, pero no están listos para esta conversación jaja. Dijiste todo lo importante
No conocía Nero 53. Dónde cuerno se consigue?
a good buddy of mine backpacked through South America and settled in Argentina for a year or so...he came back to the states and introduced me to fernet and coke. Now it is my goto drink during a night on the town or just kicking back at home. My ratios usually are the 30/70 but sometimes a 50/50. It grows on ya. Happy drinking guys!!!
I'm from Argentina and I approve this vid. i do the Fernet Con Coca 70/30. it feels nice. With ice cubes, of course. Really cool and awesome!
The only time I ever had Fernet and Coke I ended up streaking in a small village in Jujuy.
me la juego a Humahuaca, respuesta final.
@@estratega5833 Yo apuesto a que fue Tilcara..
@@ivanjuarez2877 es más posible, me la jugué un toque
JAJAJA yanki blando que no se banca un carnaval xd
Apoyo la idea de que terminó en Tilcara
Como argentino vengo a sacar mi patriotismo de cartón que usamos cada 4 años en los mundiales y cuando mencionan el país en algún lugar. Viva la patria, carajo!
Nunca mejor dicho
🇦🇷 VAMOOOOOOO CARAJOOOOO 🇦🇷 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😁
Volve a tu barcito de cerveza artesanal
¡Saludos a mis amigos de Argentina! :D
Traidor!!!! xddddd
This episode in particular makes me think that Greg has actually perfected ice and wants us to point it out in the comments.
Thank you for every performance.
I, personally, love the smell of new carpet. Looking forward to tasting it.
First alcoholic beverage I drunk in my life still remember saying "it's awful but I want more" My exact words.
You have an Argentine certificate when your stomach gets used to the fernet and diarrhea stops coming
I reclame this channel in SPANISH! I love this video and channel haha. Hugs from Buenos Aires,Argentina.
I remember 2 years ago when i graduated from high school in Argentina we traveled like most schools in Argentina to Bariloche and we stay there 1 week going to expeditions during day and partys during night and the only thing we had to drink was fernet and we did it 100% with no coke because it was to expensive in the hotel. Good nights, and at the other day never had hangover due to the quality of the alcohol and the good properties of the roots they put in the beverage.
I just noticed that Gregs hair indicates his level of drunkness.
Lolll, and now I will never not notice that.
Yeah, the hair is a good indecator :D Check out the back catalog he sometimes say what eps he shot previously that day. Kind of a fun easter egg :P
Exactly my thought!
Just like a Saiyans hair determines their power level :D
@@epictoasterify wait, what do you mean with back catelog? I don't understand
Tell Fernet you sold a bottle, Greg. I want to party like I'm in a carpet store full of twigs and dirt, and end up in a steel cage.
and that's the story of Roadhouse
Now that's a great start to a DnD campaign instead of meeting in a tavern
+1, I am absolutely getting a bottle after watching it
He sold another bottle.
genio! awesome video, really enjoy it!!
Now I want a nice glass of ferne' con coca ❤️ dang it, this made my mouth water.
Also, truly, you mention Argentina and here we are, all having a stroke after we saw that lime 😄🤣
One of the million Argentinians watching this and I want to add something: The preparation method that you mentioned cutting the coca-cola bottle is called Viajero (Traveller) and is usually made when you are on a party or want to go for a walk and share a fernet with friends.
Acá donde vivo siempre a la botella cortada le decimos guacho jajajajaja
@@TLightBulb192 re groncho jajajjaja
más vale papaaa un viajero cuando salías de la previa al boliche, cosa de artesanos...
Crotera se llama
@@chebestia discúlpeme señor francés
The order:
-Ice
-Fernet
-Coke
-More fernet, drawing eights
Perfecto, ese es el orden!!! Aparte el que hizo este no hace espuma!!!
y entonces vomitar en tus calzados.
Como vas a poner el hielo primero?
@@ericingram38 por qué pondrías el hielo después?
@@ericingram38 el helo se pone para que cuand ola coca caiga encima, las moleculas de gas que chocan con el hielo formen esa espumita rica
Hey man, greetings from argentina. We keep it in the freezer to keep it very cold and when we pour it the foam usually goes up to the top. Great video
Gracias elfuturopodcast por esta maravilla.
Funny story. One of my mates moved to England (we're argies), back when he was 16. He came to Argentina aged 18 as a visit, and was like "hey I never experienced Argentinian nightlife. Let's go to the club". Here we have what we call a "previa", making reference to a pre party meeting, with the objective of hanging out, drinking together, and getting to the club already drunk.
So, we start never have I ever with the host of the previa, some chicks, and some other guys. I, being a soft drinker, had one glass of 80/20, then went for a beer. My friend who moved to England stuck to a 60/40. After him having tree glasses of that thing, we decided we should go to the club. He went back to England without experiencing argentinian nightlife due to this. Was it because he got too drunk for the club? Absolutely not. He was having a blast in there. Best party he has been to. No, he didn't experience argentinian nightlife because, to quote what he told me the next day, "I remember getting into the car to leave the previa and head to the club, I remember getting off the car at the club, and I remember getting off a different car at your place, and nothing in between."
PS: We only hit him with a 60/40 because he never had a Fernet con Coca before and we were actively seeking to fuck him up. We were successful.
Everyting related to Argentina seems to work the same way: Fernet, yerba mate and people itself. First reaction: you just hate them. But once you get to know them, you get addicted and you will never leave them!
Even the way they move their hands 👐
Y el dulce de leche
Amén
Y la falopa
@@joaquinconsina3371 eeeeeeeeeeee
Coffee talk "no big woop". Great reference 😆 keep up the great work 🙏👍👍🤙
Fernet is a favorite of mine. I like it neat. It's magical.
Uruguayan here. As almost everything Argentina does, we adopt it. I personally drink 20% fernet / 80% coke. No lime. Cheers!
Are you sure Fernet was not invented in Uruguay? Give it some time, it will be soon...
@@escapetalks hahaha I see where you going with that, you little scoundrel!😂😂
Cuando te descuides el fernet con coca va a ser invento uruguayo xD
@@nahueltapia8393 😂
I don't get it, isn't Uruguay an argentinian province?
Argentinian here. Fernet is life. Fernet is love.
*PREY THE FERNE PIBE, PREY THE PUTO FERNE*
GIVE ME VODKA! I'm sick of Fernet, it's the only drink that people have, other than beer, that I don't like either. Also Hola desde Argentina
daleeee perrooooooo
@@julipazos1146 daa te gusta mas el smirlo quien sooo
@SmoothTlatoani my guy, you taco box nivel Dios
Hahahaha, first time watcher here, you are funny, sir!!!
Cordobés here, I think you should mix somewhere between 20/80 and 40/60, and see what you like most.
50/50 is insane! I'm not even gonna talk about the 90210.
Here in Córdoba there is another Fernet brand, called Fernet Beney. Few people know about it, it's NOT branca, but is stronger and more herb-flavoured, if that's a word lol. It goes between 20-80 to 30-70. I really enjoy drinking it once in a while, and I found out people either love it, or hate it. I do love it.
Cheers!
As an Argentinian I've NEVER heard of a 90210. What I have heard of, and drank, multiple times is the "peligroso" one, peligroso means dangerous and it IS dangerous. It's basically coke with 20% to 10% fernet. It's dangerous because you don't feel the alcohol AT ALL. You can get super shit faced drunk without even realizing it. I love it.
Tenes que decirlo con acento cordobes. Noventa-do'-diez
@@jcarlinho y siiii hijooo! veeeee
Eso es todooo coooca, papi
Cuando ví lo que estaba haciendo abrí los ojos como el dos de oro. Ese 90210 te la pone más rápido que Chano manejando
Así es justo como yo lo tomo siempre. Así termino, también, menos mal que sólo tomo en casa.
Argentinian tip: For the foam you just need more impact when pouring the coke. It should impact more into the Fernet, not the ice!
Yeah, you have fans in Argentina Greg!
Hi!!! I'm from argentina. Love this video. I prefer drink freneT with grapefruit soda or tonic soda. 25% frenet 75% soda. lot of ice.
u missed the most important ingredient.. friends!
Nah.
Argentinian here, who also lived 18 years in the states.
There's something that you should keep in mind when trying "that Fernet". That bottle is the original recipe, it says Made in Italy, and the taste is, like you said, minty.
The Fernet that us (argentinian) drink is Made in Argentina, and absolutely lacks of that minty taste. I don't know the reason why, some say it's because the demand is so high that the distillery doesn't really gives the time needed for the drink to really ripe.
The Made in Italy Fernet taste to me like the Fernet Menta sold in Argentina, which is the minty version of the drink (not popular at all)
The Branca brand, owner of Fernet, won't allow argentinian made Fernet in the US market. So the only way to taste the flavor that made this drink so popular here would be by getting an argentinian friend to let you try a little bit of his personal, secret, hardly smuggled stash (good luck with that)
The best answer so far, Italian Fernet it's not the same as argie's. Ours works better with coca cola, while the other it's actually better for digestive shot.
Completamente de acuerdo, estuve en europa y compré fernet allá, tiene otro sabor
This is 100% accurate. I've been to US a couple times, and Fernet sold there was minty. I took 4 bottles to my Argentinian friends living in the states. The difference is in the minty flavor.
This is totally true. Also lived in the US for a few years, italian fernet is way more minty. You need to get a bottle from argentina and try the drink again.
Hi Greg! We are Visit Argentina, the official tourism account for Argentina, and we want to thank you for speaking so highly about our country and the Córdoba province.
Hope you enjoy a good Fernet con Coca and we can toast soon!
I certainly never thought about visiting Argentina before this video, but now... now I'm thinking about it. Seems like a fun place with a lot of history.
@@chrismanuel9768 As an Argentinian, most people say "this country is a shithole" but at the same time, we would never wish to be born on another country, this place is just magical, such a passionate place...
@@chrismanuel9768 Yes! Come visit
@@chrismanuel9768 we have every weather , and you can party 24/7 my friend
Vamos menem
Alrighty, I did not expect to see so much boludos around here. But I'm happy at least 50% of the comments are in english, for once respecting other's language.
Btw, great video, dude! I'd love to see more americans like you trying Fernet con Coca out! It is really a joy!
Hey friend! I'm a big fan! I think this is the first foreign video i see about Fernet con Coca that treats our drink with respect. Except for the lime part, lol.
Personally, I do chill both Fernet and Coca-Cola in the fridge and use LOTS of ice. I usually start my night having a 70/30 or 75/25, and then I might up the ratio as the night goes on.
At home I would fill the drinking vessel of choice with small ice cubes, not crushed ice, just small ones. For the drinking vessel, I wouldn't recommend a Collins glass like you are using there, although it's a pretty standard way of serving it and many clubs down here serve it that way, I tend to prefer wider glasses like a beer pint, mug or cup as I believe it allows for more contact surface between the ice and Fernet.
Like i said, I like it super chill.
If you go for a huge vessel like the famous bottle cut, just try to really fill it with ice to the top, despite the fact it requires lots and lots of ice, otherwhise it'll water down too quick and you'd be drinking dirty water.
Most home rituals and recipes are based on a common misconception: more ice = more dilution, when it's actually the opposite case. Lots of ice = beverage keeps cool for longer = less dilution overall.
Also, Cordoba isn't just a small college town. It's the second biggest city by population! Thank you Cordoba for giving us Fernet, cuarteto, and La Mona (?)
Cheers!
It's 2:30 pm here, and now I want a Fernet con Coca. Thank god it's saturday! :D
Got to say, I’m a big fan of Sad Old Man Who Quotes SNL From the 90s.
He's good enough. He's smart enough. And doggone it, people like him!
with greeEEEeegggg
I was equally impressed by the Aqua Teen reference. Well done Greg, merry christmas and enjoy your carpet square
Head wound harry agrees
I'm pretty sure I AM Sad Old Man Who Quotes SNL From the 90s. This comment brought to you by Happy Fun Ball (tm).
Yet another argentine here:
- Actually our national drink it's Malbec Wine, but Fernet con Coca it's certainly one of the most populars if it's not the most popular at all, but we also drink a lot of wine and beer.
- 70-30 or 80-20 is the standard.
- 50-50 is Cordobés (Córdoba Style).
- When you get more Fernet than 60-40, it's oftenly noun as "venenoso" (poisonous), because if you are used to drink it, and you do as usual you'll going to blackout eventually.
- Never hearded of 90210.
- Córdoba is called "La Docta" (The "doctored" province) beacuse there was funded the first national university and still being one of the most prestigious. It's a big province that is mostly known by their agricultural produccion, beautifull sights and their damms. Córdoba city, the province's capital has a big Neighborhood called Nueva Córdoba that is mostly populated by university students that comes from all parts of the country and the region.
- To get the nice foam you just pour the coke righ over the Fernet, never on the ice and you fill it until the foam i'ts begining to grow out of the glass, then you "sign" it drawing an "8" with more Fernet so the foam gets compact.
- The right pronuciation is like you'd say "Fair Net" but it's oftenly pornounced without the "T" at all, mostly in Córdoba, but in the rest of the country as well. Never say "Fernai", they'll laugh at you for hours.
- Got to try also argentine wines and beers!
Hermoso comentario!
Comentario de un cordobés seguramente jajajaj
@@sntjp9326 nop. Porteño. Pero voy seguido para Córdoba y tengo muchos amigos cordobeses.
"50-50 es Cordobés" Hmmm mirá como te mira conan
El verdadero cordobés toma 90210, 90 de ferne 2 hielos 10 de coca
Que rico el ferné con coca! Cuando llegó a Uruguay se convirtió en una de mis bebidas favoritas... Saludos desde el otro lado del charco!
The Fernet made in Milano and the fernet made in Argentina.... are different. Argentina version has less alcohol (it used to be the same). Also, during WWII The Italian distillery was closed so all fernet was coming out from Argentina. Well done! Great video
Ahh, when you brought up the original cut a bottle of coke in half recipe, there you proved you really did do your research. Cheers man!
que gire, que gire, que gire la recortada
El viajeroooo
Una hermosa popular que arranca 30/70 y termina 70/30
And you grab a lighter to soft the edges. ;)
I'm Colombian, I tried it once in the US with some Argentinian friends and I loved it... gradually. But once you like it I guess you love it forever... At least my case.
Era la señal que necesitaba para ir a hacerme un ferno graciasss
Muy bueno, mucha información que no tenia!! Saludos desde cordoba
95% of the comments: *as an Argentinian I must say...*
We cannot help it.
We Argentinians are very nitpicky and when people have misconceptions about us we are very critical.
As an Argentinian I find that fascinating
If you dont give your opinion your are not argentinian its in our DNA
Kaz and we are arrogant pricks as well.
Yeah greg! We call it a fernando. You should start trying it in a 20-80 ratio and you'll develop a taste for it. And we do store it in the freezer ice cold and the coke in the fridge, it's a defining factor.
20-80? More like 35/40-65/60 (por lo menos desde mi parte, pero eso es más extremista)
@@Navifighter64 solo los cordobeses se bancan más de 50% jajaj
@@Navifighter64los vas a matar wachos jaja... los nuevos tienen que empezar 80/20 asi les gusta, es como si alguien probara mate sin azucar por primera vez
---SO! That’s why ABBA were singing with such devotion to Fernando?! Enlightenment!
Yeah I forgot to mention that. You should drink it more "coqueado" (heavy on the coke) at the beginning. Then you acquire the taste for it.
Love the opening.
Man I forgot how much I love this drink, and, yup, from my bartending days 20+ years ago. So minty and refreshing.
Things argies say: "you don't like it because no one has prepared you a good one yet".
Full disclosure though, that was my case. You are measuring it too much, just eyeball the thing.
I mean people cut coca plastic bottles in half and burn the edges of the plastic with a lighter so it bends and it smoothens up a bit, right?
Also drink it however you like it, if it is too bitter just use less fernet. If you find that sweetspot, it just clicks man.
YES! I just commented that about the bottle haha that is how we drink it, and yeah the more “careful/precise” you are while making it, the worse it’s gonna taste.
You got it all right man!
Argies es un término muy cringe, por favor no te copies de los australianos
@@bioemiliano que buen dato me tiraste amigo 👀
3rd World style
Fun Fact: The second largest Fernet Branca factory in the world is actually located in Argentina. Since we are the main consumer of this very particular drink outside Italy. And we also have a Coca Cola plant. So... the ingredients are kinda made here... hehe.
but the coke plant only mixes the syrup (specific recipe for the local taste) which comes from the US with the carbonated water and bottles it. Como va JP? todo bien? jajaj
Actually, we have several coke plants. But the syrup is still imported… so
@@joacovidal hablen español loco soy de boca
He said that already..
Argentina has the biggest production of Fernet Branca in the world.
I appreciate when u talk about origins of drinks.