How to use Cynar In Cocktails
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2024
- The beginning of this year has been all about getting episodes that have been planned for a long while out to you guys, so I'm super happy to bring this one. It has long been my ambition to make episodes surrounding one bottle that a lot of you find problematic. And what better bottle to start with than Cynar, the artichoke Amaro many of you love to hate. The reality though is that this Amaro is surprisingly versatile and can be used in so so so many different ways to craft truly exceptional drinks. I am reminded of something my father said to me "American's (he was Italian) don't watch Soccer because they don't understand it." This was a very important lesson with a fundamental truth. People tend to ignore that which they don't understand. And why wouldn't you? You can't get joy out of something unless you understand what it is. So to that end, lets dive into this bottle so we have a better understanding of what it is and how to use it. Also it bears mentioning that this video has not in any way been sponsored or payed for by Cynar.
Cynar, pronounced Chee-NAHR is an Italian Amro and was first created in 1952. It’s now distributed by Gruppo Campari.
Cynar consists of thirteen different botanicals with Artichoke chief among them. The name actually comes from the Scientific name for the Artichoke Plant Cynarara Scolymus. So why Artichoke? For starters there’s some solid evidence that suggest artichokes are good for the digestion which is what Amaro, being a digestif is all about. Also the artichoke helps to bring out the sweetness of other ingredients so it’s a great addition to smooth out the rough edges some of the other botanicals can add. The game here as ever is balance. Cynar comes in at 16.5% ABV and is part of a sub grouping of Amari known as Carciofo which are Amari which utilize artichoke.
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
0:11 Pineapple Express
1:46 Tasting Notes
2:41 Too Soon?
4:09 Tasting Notes
5:15 Bitter Giuseppe
7:02 Tasting Notes
7:56 What Is Cynar?
8:49n Outro
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Pineapple Express
1.5oz (45ml) Rosemary Mezcal
.5oz (15ml) Cynar
.5oz (15ml) Averna Amaro
.75oz (22.5ml) Lime Juice
.75oz (22.5ml) Pineapple Juice
.75oz (22.5ml) Simple Syrup (1:1)
Pinch of Salt
Rosemary Sprig
Too Soon
1oz (30ml) Gin
1oz (30ml) Cynar
.75oz (22.5ml) Lemon Juice
.5oz (15ml) Simple Syrup
1 Orange Slice cut in Half
Bitter Giuseppe
2oz (60ml) Cynar
.75oz (22.5ml) Carpano Antica Vermouth
2 Dashes Orange Bitters
Lemon Twist with Fruit Meat - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Cynar is phenomenal. Had covid a few weeks ago and when I was getting my taste and smell back Cynar was about the only thing I could taste initially and I drank a ton of it. It was a total lifesaver lol
When I got the Covid alpha in December 2020 I lost my sense of smell for a good 3-4 months afterwards. Similar to your experience, it changed my drink preferences. I stopped drinking IPAs altogether and drank a lot more malty beers since I couldn't appreciate the hop aromas.
I really would like a series to go over the aperitifs what they based on, and how they are used. More please.
I really like the format and editing in this video
Very well done indeed!
Agree, but don’t we all miss the quibbling between Marius and Leandro?
@@BelovedNL a little hahaha. It was always fun to watch 😂
@@BelovedNL Haven’t checked in in months. Marius is gone?
@@mrsmartypants_1 no, don’t worry! Just very silent 😉
I swear this man has to have young kids. I have never heard anything like slappy-poo or crushy-pants except from the nice old ladies at my church who run the child watch. So Tada. My mom knows him as the Slappy-pants guy since I listen while doing dishes.
The horizontal split screen is neat. Cynar is one of those bottles I own that probably has more dust on it than my ceiling fans. I seriously need to rectify that. 🥃
I recommend the Artichoke Hold, if you've got a bottle of orgeat ready. Leandro has a video for that one too.
th-cam.com/video/Ja3FPq3f9fE/w-d-xo.html
Thank you gentlemen! I can definitely make this. 🥃
I’ve been dreading this one.
At least he kept my name out! Hahaha
Damn called you out son!
About time...
I really like the new set! TEB just gets better and better. Bravo, guys! Making a Pineapple Express right away. (I love Cynar AND Averna.) Keep up the excellent work.
"Looking at you, Chris Twiggs." Died laughing at that.
As soon as I saw the topic of the video, I had a foreboding feeling.
@@ctwiggs We've bullied you enough about it on the Discord that it almost had to happen if Leandro ever did a video on Cynar.
I enjoyed this video! Here's why:
- drinks first, talk later
- nice progression of cocktails
- This'll help me finish up my bottle of cynar!
- finally, fancy video editing!
I agree
Thank you so, so much for putting the recipe cards within these multi-cocktail videos! Your recipe screenshots are saved in my phone as a mobile recipe book so this is perfect!
Thanks for this video! I've been wanting to pick up a bottle of Cynar as I start to get more and more into this hobby, but I didn't know what I could use it for. Now I've got some ideas on how to get started!
I LOVE Cynar. Haven't tried the first 2 so I can't wait to try them both, they sound amazing. Big fan of the Artichoke Hold cocktail/video you've done before.
One of my favorites I've seen you use Cynar in was the Rabo De Galo. Such a great cocktail as well!
Yes. Love learning about Amari cocktails.
I was already thinking of picking up a bottle of Cynar. This sealed the deal!
Love this! Would love this format for a series on other liqueurs and uncommonly used mixing components.
Love this episode! And the Bitter Giuseppe is one of my favorite drinks. That tiny bit of lemon does so much work.
Also maybe it's just me, but I find Cynar just as sweet as it is bitter.
Love the new episode format! Also I can tell Marius was having fun with the editing on this one, good stuff haha!
Finally getting some recipes for my Amaro reserve I've brought myself from my travels in Italy
One of your best videos yet. Made the Pineapple Express yesterday and it was awesome!!! Looking forward to paring it with some BBQ. Thanks for finally giving me a use for my bottle of Cynar!
Thanks for the great channel! I've had a lot of fun learning to make cocktails during the pandemic and this channel has been super helpful. I plan on buying mezcal next to see how I like it. Might just grab a bottle of cynar as well after watching this video. Keep up the great work!
tbh its been a while since the last time a actively watched your videos, but now i realized that the quality has improved, a, lot, the image looks very nice, even a little editing, (shaking actually cracked me up lol) some nice and chilly BG music.
keep it up
I'm having the Too Soon now. This is a lovely drink. Thank you, Leandro and Marius!
I love this style of video. A focus on a spirit or liqueur with cocktails to make with it.
YOU MADE THE PINEAPPLE EXPRESS!!! :D It's definitely one of our household's absolute favorites, very excited to see you follow my recommendation from some comment a few months ago. It's great that you actually read and appreciate these comments. Keep doing what you do!
Side note: I've been subbing Cynar for Campari in my Negronis lately and it's been life-changing. Highly recommend.
Always take requests for awesome drinks so thanks for that
Yes!!!! Cynar!! Thank you for the awesome video!! ❤️❤️ now i'm convinced you know what I buy👀...last week I bought a cynar and looked for good recipes... And now you make this video about cynar... It's a little bit creepy... And not the first time it happens 😁 love you guys 🤗 and thank you again ❤️
Really enjoy videos that feature one ingredient used a few ways. Cheers
Cynar is one of my favorite sipping Amari. I will have to try the bitter Giuseppe.
These all look superb. I may just make all three today.
love these collection videos because you can buy one new bottle and be able to find at least one drink to use it to make!
Great content! I was just looking at my bottle of Cynar and trying to think of what cocktails to make with it. I've got the 70 proof cynar, which I highly recommend!
If those recipes doesn't make you like Cynar, then this spirit is a lost cause. Great video!
This level of production blurs the line between a TH-cam channel and a TV show.
It’s great!
Thanks for this, just bought my first Cynar bottle. I will be trying one of these this Friday! Only problem is now I have another Bottle on my list to buy!
Y'all have really dialed-in the format and editing since last year. Well done +1
Been a while Leandro & Marius, hope you guys are well. Love the new set & your improved production values!! Will certainly horse into the Cynar when dry January is over..
Keep Safe !
Great video. Really liked this format!
I've had a bottle of cynar sitting on the shelf for a while now. I made the Too Soon tonight. It's great, I like how shaking the orange slices imparts some of the bitter oils that incorporate well in the drink. I imagine I'll be using cynar more, we've been getting into Amari more here lately. I enjoy a nice shot of Montenegro.
Fantastic!! I have Cynar and I like it, but I don't use it much, so this is great! Looking forward to similar videos using other amari. I'm going to have a Too Soon tonight, I think...
I swear we just made a couple of Too Soons (one of our favourite cocktails), sat down in front of the tv, fired up TH-cam, and this video was at the top of our recommendations!
Would love to see more of these type of video covering specific bottles of cordials :)
Awesome! great timing cause i literally made the artichoke hold from your video last night and you were commenting about how people requested - what else we can do with cynar ! happy the repertoire is building. The rabo de gallo was good too!
Pretty sure I have had the Too Soon and it was delicious, am for sure gonna have to try these other two! Thanks!
New set looking great! Glad to see Too Soon
I picked up Cynar after watching the episode featuring the Detroiter. Now I have more options to try! Thanks. :)
Awesome video!! I love Cynar!! Another one of my favs is a Cynar Martinez... I need Averna NOW!!!!
Thank you for this video. I've been thinking about maybe trying out cynar as the next ingredient, I'll experiment with. Was kind of on the fence, so thank you :)
Just had a Too Soon a couple weeks ago. Then I had it again as a double. Very accurately titled drink.
So nice you brought up Bitter Giuseppe, I feel it deserves more recognition :D
Wonderful cocktails! The Too Soon is delicious! I made the Pineapple Express tonight and it was great!
I bought a bottle of Cynar and don't love it. Thank you for this so I can try some different variations.
Love Cynar! Too Soon, one of my fav drinks!
I recently picked up a bottle, except I got the 70 proof. Perfect timing!
Just put in an order for various liquors (June: ill just use what I have. Jan: what's the shipping on that bubble smoke gun?) so these How To Use episodes are awesome
THE MOTION BLUR WITH THE SHAKE WOW 10/10
a game changer
This video prompted me to buy a bottle of Cynar which had been intriguing me for some time. Made the Too Soon first. Fantastic. Thanks!
nice
I have a few Amari but no Cynar yet. You've done a good job of selling me on it.
Great timing, I just bought a bottle of Cynar but I can’t say I’m a huge fan. It’s not as bad as Fernet Branca (which tastes the way my canker sore medicine used to taste) but there’s kind of a funk to the bitterness that I’m not loving. Hopefully I’ll find a good way to use it!
The editing in this video is pleasing
I will make the Bitter Beppe tonight I think. Looks wonderful.
Cynar is awesome and I love it.
I used it in the The Detroiter (the IPA sour) and had to scale the amount back- still too bitter! But tasty when tamed.
I love these early videos where Leandro shakes cocktails like a madman
I love Cynar, great video
Super! Weekend experiments for sure.
Too soon is awesome! Very cynar forward and delicious!
Great information! Thanks
I don't know if you've noticed, but you have a *lot* of videos :-) It's kind of crazy because as a relative beginner, whenever I have a question about something one of your videos pops up and answers it :-) I've been contemplating picking up some Cynar since it's probably the easiest amaro for me to buy around here. I definitely will now!
digging the new backdrop
Lmao, leandro shaking so hard the whole earth shook! Nice Star Trek effect Marius!
You mentioning the Milk and Honey reminded me that I got Sasha Petraske's book (rip) for christmas. Thanks for recommending it, I've liked it a lot!
As an update, the Toon Soon is one of my favorite cocktails from the entire book.
While I miss the old studio, or was that you're kitchen?... the editing style and music make this a very soothing and relaxing video. Always look forward to your videos guys!
That was my kitchen. My wife had enough 😂 Bless her she let us do it for three years but she’s happy to have her kitchen back :)
Hi! Loved it, you should do one of these how to with the jack daniels honey. Props man
Bitter giusseppe...the missis loved it. Salud🍻
I really really like the new set and this new style of editing. Works well with this episode when trying to get through a few cocktails. However, I hope you don't deviate completely from the somewhat unedited versions of the one off cocktails that shows of Leandro's personality so well.
We won’t :)
Cynar with some San Pellegrino Limonata is an easy and delicious combo
the 'too soon' is the bomb....good drink
Too soon is one of my favorite cocktail
Make sure Marius eats a banana or something, those editing muscles gotta be feelin' it.
love cocktails, love amaros and i Love this channel, Maaaaan!
Edit: love vermouth,too.
And we love you! ❤️
I like it in all kinds of applications. But, I usually just make a Cynar and Tonic with a squeeze of lemon. Nice low abv sipper.
This is the 2nd reason I come here. I have a bottle of cynar but I just kinda look at it and it never pops on my head when I'm trying to make a cocktail but armed with this knowledge just maybe it will. Also Chris got called out!
The Pineapple Express is a great movie, by association I'm going to assume the Pineapple Express cocktail is also great.
If you like the movie and drink you should try the marijuana.
Blood orange is a great alternative in the Too Soon
Cynar, my favorite!
Cynar julep right from the bottle is nice.
Best of Both World's is amazing too:
www.reddit.com/r/cocktails/comments/d9798y/tried_at_a_local_bar_they_called_it_best_of_both/?
Appreciate the Cynar-focused video. I went through your catalog looking for Cynar videos a few days ago before this video was posted. I just got a bottle of Cynar and I'm excited to use it.
Very strange to see you use tweezers for ice instead of your hands. Maybe use tongs with larger ends for better grip on the ice?
Yes, we're getting some different ice tongs.
Big fan of the Bitter Giuseppe
I’m still waiting for you to acknowledge that you are *in a new Kitchen* ! 😂 production is on point. Oh, and love the set!
I’m guessing you didn’t see the episode where I make a big deal of it?? 😂
@@TheEducatedBarfly was that the lockdown no haircut joke? Must’ve passed right over my head! Can’t believe I missed it 😅
What are your thoughts on interchanging Cynar with its 70-proof counterpart? I have a bottle of Cynar-70 and can't really justify getting the lower proof original in addition...but want to know if I'm missing out? Haha.
Is this the new set? Very nice.
Is it possible to achieve the rosemary infused mezcal thing by just muddling the rosemary with the mezcal or does it have to sit and steep?
Leandro is it Too Soon to say I realy enjoyed this ? These look great.
Never too soon mate 😂
Good news, depending on how you count this first swig of the lemon squeeze in the last Cocktail, i would say it was pretty much 15 drops, i counted 14 but that first one was more than one.
I’m really loving the new set, and I’m glad to see a trio of amaro cocktails, but SOMETHING seems missing. It sounded like 2 of the cocktails had a Chicago connection…
Where’s the malört?
Ah man! Totes forgot my shot(s) 😂
YES! Cynar!
Speaking of the combination of Cynar and orange, have you ever heard of the Cynar Julep? (It’s supposedly from Argentina, with grapefruit orange)
The Too Soon sounds delicious
The bitter Giuseppe, I do it with 2oz bulliet bourbon 1oz Cynar 1oz vermouth
Loved the vid! Why the mixture of fee brothers and regan’s Orange bitters? Do they each bring something that’s different enough to mix them and it makes something different? Just never heard of this before! Also, what is the ratio-just a 1:1?
Yeah it’s a 50/50 mix and yes the Reagan’s are a bit spicier and the fees a bit sweeter and they make a fantastic combination
@@TheEducatedBarfly Makes sense! Thanks for the reply. Excited to give this a try!
Any chance of 3 more please ? .........
I didn't realize it until the first two-screen shake sequence, but...you've got some serious Barry Gibb vibes going on. *cue disco lights*
Oooh man...dunno how I feel about that 😂
@@TheEducatedBarfly ...I trust Marius will do the right thing on the next video during post-edit...