It also brings an extra layer of bubbles without interrupting the flavours, only enhancing its refreshing quality,” explains Loris. If you don’t have soda water you can use a splash of sparkling water instead. Prosecco is an inexpensive Italian sparkling wine similar to Spanish Cava or French Champagne. I recommend choosing a dry (brut) Prosecco so you drink doesn’t turn out too syrupy or sweet. Good choices range from 12 to 18 dollars. 3) Club soda The main ingredients are an infusion of herbs and roots with two of its most distinctive flavours being oranges and rhubarb.

It's a big loss for humanity," said Pasini. The olive garnish adds a touch of salt that tempers the sweetness, especially if you don't rinse the brine. And any serious bartender in Venice would add a full olive with the pit, which is part of the culture of the drink in the city. "There is always that awkward moment when you don't know where to put the pit," conceded Cozzella. "On the napkin? Next to the chips?" The ratio for the perfect spritz has changed recently. It used to be the ratio 75:50:25 – so that's 75ml of prosecco, 50ml of Aperol and 25ml of soda water. But that's now changed and Aperol says the perfect spritz really needs equal parts Aperol and prosecco with a dash of soda. And to celebrate its 100th birthday four years ago, Aperol officially made it into the Oxford English Dictionary, Aperol is defined as: "A proprietary name for: an orange-coloured Italian aperitif flavoured with gentian, rhubarb, and a variety of herbs and roots." I’m usually a gin and tonic kinda girl but, of course, I had to try it. Aperol Spritz tasted so different from any other Italian drinks I’d tasted before. I’d been Spritzed!You don’t use your jigger to measure prosecco, come on,” Catino says. “You have a stencil line at 150ml [on your glass]. You’ve put 60ml of Aperol, now you need 90ml of prosecco.” The drink being so simple means, like us, you've probably tried to make one at home, but the key to the perfect, refreshing Aperol Spritz recipe is getting the measurements just right.

Aperol, vodka and cider. "I love this combination," says Alessandro Mannello, mixologist for Le Bab. "I then add some agave syrup, lemon juice, three dashes of orange bitters then some orange peel."

What to Serve with Your Aperol Spritz

This drink is so simple,” says Catino. “It’s three parts prosecco, two parts of Aperol, and one part of soda.” We love Aperol so much that we've even added it into our dessert recipes like our Aperol spritz trifle, Aperol upside down cake, Aperol spritz lollies and we've even added Aperol to these mince pies! It's a hymn to slowness," said Cozzella. "The desire to prolong the moment before the dinner. It's an excuse to drink, nibble and stay together a little longer before going home."

This is all you have to know about it: Aperol Spritz recipe, fun spritz variations to try, fun facts about its origins. Classic Aperol Spritz ingredientsThe Spritz is a legacy from Austria, which is why it was originally more popular in northern Italy. It’s sold in bars and cafés all over the country and in Spain and the UK too. I’ve quaffed a spritz or two in Portofino, Positano and Catania to name a few places and I’ll be sure to have a one when I’m in Venice in September. Yup, the future’s orange!