Arcadia&Co.
Signature Beverage Guide
Category: The Bar
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Bramble
The Bramble is a modern British cocktail created in the 1980s by legendary bartender Dick Bradsell at Fred’s Club in London. Inspired by Bradsell’s childhood memories of picking blackberries, he combined gin, fresh lemon juice, sugar syrup and blackberry liqueur to create a drink that was both refreshing and visually striking. The cocktail became known…
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Mai Tai
The Mai Tai was created in 1944 by Victor J. Bergeron, better known as Trader Vic, at his restaurant in Oakland, California. Inspired by the flavours of the Caribbean and Polynesia, the original cocktail combined aged Jamaican rum, lime juice, orange curaçao, orgeat syrup and a touch of sugar. The name reportedly came from a…
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Old Fashioned
The Old Fashioned is one of the oldest and most influential cocktails, dating back to the early 19th century. Its origins are linked to the original definition of a cocktail as a combination of spirits, sugar, water, and bitters. By the late 1800s, as bartenders began creating more elaborate drinks, customers would ask for cocktails…
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Clover Club
The Clover Club is a classic American cocktail that dates back to the late 19th century, originating at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia and named after the Clover Club, a gentlemen’s social group that met there. Traditionally made with gin, fresh lemon juice, raspberry syrup and egg white, it became particularly popular during the early…
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Negroni
The Negroni is a classic Italian cocktail believed to have been created in Florence around 1919. According to legend, Count Camillo Negroni asked bartender Fosco Scarselli to strengthen his Americano by replacing the soda water with gin, creating the drink’s distinctive combination of gin, Campari and sweet vermouth. Traditionally served over ice with an orange…
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Paper Plane
The paper plane was created in 2008 by Sam Ross and Sasha Petraske. They created the drink as a favor for a former colleague, Toby Maloney, who wanted a summer drink to serve at his bar The Violet Hour. Ross describes the drink as “a riff on a Last Word cocktail” and says the name…
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Mojito
The Mojito is a classic Cuban cocktail with roots dating back to the 16th century, when a simple mixture of aguardiente, lime, sugar, and mint was used as a medicinal drink. Over time, aguardiente was replaced by rum, creating the refreshing cocktail we know today. The Mojito became closely associated with Cuba, particularly Havana, and…
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Spritz: Aperol, Sarti, Hugo
Spritz cocktails originated in 19th-century northern Italy, particularly the Veneto region, where Austrian soldiers and visitors found Italian wines too strong and began diluting them with a splash of water. The drink evolved into the Spritz, traditionally made with wine, soda water and ice. In the early 20th century, bittersweet aperitifs such as Aperol were…
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Margarita
The Margarita is one of the world’s most iconic cocktails, though its exact origins remain disputed. Most stories place its creation in Mexico during the 1930s or 1940s, with several bartenders and socialites credited with its invention. The classic recipe combines tequila, fresh lime juice, and orange liqueur, often served in a glass with a…
