While the Negroni’s origins are unknown, the most widely reported account is that it was first mixed in Florence, Italy, in 1919, at Caffè Casoni (then called Caffè Giacosa), on Via de’ Tornabuoni. Pascal Olivier Count de Negroni concocted it by asking the bartender, Fosco Scarselli, to strengthen his favourite cocktail, the Americano, by adding gin rather than the normal soda water. The bartender also added an orange garnish rather than the typical lemon garnish of the Americano to signify that it was a different drink.

1. Add 25ml Lind & Lime Gin, 25ml Campari and 25ml sweet vermouth to a mixing glass filled with ice, and stir until well-chilled.

2. Strain into a rocks glass filled with a large ice cube.

3. Garnish with an orange peel.

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