Zucca (apéritif)

Its base ingredient is in fact Chinese rhubarb[1][2] (hence its longer name Rabarbaro Zucca), also combined with zest, cardamom seeds and other curative herbs.

[3] The liqueur has a delicate and pleasant bittersweet taste and is often mixed with soda water and ice.

Zucca is closely related to other traditional Italian aperitifs, such as Campari, Punt e Mes, and Cynar, as it is relatively light, with a 30% volume in alcohol.

[citation needed] Zucca is owned by the same company that produces Amaretto Di Saronno.

However, it enjoys a certain amount of prominence as the featured drink at the Caffè Zucca in Milan, the bar where Gaspare Campari first introduced his alcoholic infusion of herbs in the 1860s.