by Clara Nanut @gour.mode

Imagine a villeggiante in Milan, in the summer.  

You’re already thirsty, aren’t you? After all, this is the birthplace of the Aperitivo.

Dream now of being that villeggiante, out of his comfort zone, just docked at Darsena. Like a mirage, you glimpse Aethos Club from your boat, and you enter The Doping Bar, a gourious place full of collectibles and artifacts but also cordials, infusions, botanicals and artisanal liquors. Here, among chaises lounges, leather trunks and Peacock chairs, you finally feel at home.

You have a cooler loaded with the freshest Tassoni products: bitters, gin, citrus and floral tonics, and the legendary Cedrata. You’re not going to walk around the scorching Lombardian capital without refreshments, are you?! 

You start a conversation with the bartender and all of a sudden end up talking about vacations, the ones in your favorite destination where the days of the week blend into one another.  

Facing each other at the bar counter you propose a challenge: turn that atmosphere into a cocktail!   

Refreshing, citrusy, fragrant, with the flavor of childhood or life-long dreams… 

Surely it will be like sipping villeggiatura? 

Cin cin! 

Legend says that the infamous American Tom Collins was a layabout and gossip. However, no one ever really met him; we imagine him spending an Italian summer in a secluded villa di delizia, shielded from prying eyes, by a sky-blue pool amid fragrant fields of violets. 

Recipe

45 ml Tassoni Superfine Gin 

15 ml Violet Liqueur 

30 ml Lemon Juice 

2 bar spoons Agave syrup 

Tassoni Citron Tonic Top 

Method: Build 

Glass: Highball 

Garnish: Fresh mint leaves 

Serve in a highball glass, garnished with fresh mint leaves! 

What does nostalgia taste like? Bittersweet, like the childhood memory of vacationing in your favorite destination and going on a daily trip to the bar with dad, grandpa, your tennis teacher or whoever your summer mentor was. You, a mint syrup water, and him, an aperitivo that you could dip the tip of your tongue in – back then you would grimace… but today, who knows? 

Recipe 

45 ml Tassoni Bitter 

25 ml Tassoni Superfine Gin 

7-8 Mint Leaves  

Tassoni Cedrata Top 

Method: Shaken 

Glass: Cocktail glass, no ice 

Garnish: Orange peel 

Serve in a cocktail glass with no ice, and with an orange peel coin! 

Whether on a bowl of gelato and whipped cream, or garnishing a refreshing cocktail, Amarena cherries are known to be the apple (cherry?) of everyone’s eyes. In the shade of a ripe cherry tree, counting the clouds in the sky, caressed by a gentle breeze, there would be only one thing that could elevate this heavenly state: a sweet and refreshing cocktail. 

Recipe 

50 ml Tassoni Superfine Gin 

15 ml Lime Cordial  

1 bar spoon Amarena Syrup  

Tassoni Organic Elderberry Top 

Method: Build 

Glass: Highball  

Garnish: Amarena cherry 

Serve on the rocks in a highball glass, with a cherry on top!

Welcome to the Villeggiante’s Bar! 

Would you like to learn how to replicate these signature cocktails and sip the atmosphere of an endless vacation?

Book here your spot at the Gourmode Mixology Class that will be held on Wednesday 5^th of July from 7 pm to 8:30 pm 19 at Aethos Club Milan.

Find the meaning of vacationing, at the bottom of a cocktail glass with us!