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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/delish on 2025-04-03 19:40:08+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the Americano cocktail was made in Milan at Caffe Campari, the birthplace of Campari in the 1860s. An American man ordered a Campari and soda and he claimed it was too bitter. Several attempts later, he and the bartender toasted their triumph: an addition of vermouth to create the Americano