Diabolo (drink)

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Diabolo
Le diabolo menthe (5791457962).jpg
TypeNon-alcoholic mixed drink
Region of originFrance
Flavour Grenadine
Strawberry
Mint
Ingredients Lemonade and syrup

A diabolo is a non-alcoholic mixed drink available in most restaurants and bars in France. It consists of a common lemon soda mixed with syrup. Popular flavours include mint (Diabolo Menthe), strawberry, lemon or grenadine. [1] [2]

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Origins

The diabolo drink appeared before 1920, [3] and became popular in France in the 1920s. The drink was around that time described as a mixture of a lemon soda and a 'very light tincture of liqueur', [4] a lemonade and a cassis liquor, [5] or a lemon-lime soda and a syrup.

Translation in other languages

Diabolo has no equivalent in Italian, but a lemon soda mixed with different syrups can approximately be translated as a gassosa  [ it ]. [6]

Variants

A diabolo flamand is a cocktail composed of jenever, lemon soda and often a violet syrup, it can often be very sweet. [7]

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References

  1. G. O. (6 September 1929). "Les limonadiers sont enchantés de la vague de chaleur" (in French). Paris-midi. p. 2. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  2. "Et un diabolo, un !" (in French). L'Afrique du Nord illustrée : journal hebdomadaire d'actualités nord-africaines : Algérie, Tunisie, Maroc. 31 August 1929. p. 17. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. "Diabolo (étymol. et hist.)" (in French). Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  4. Léon Maillard (15 August 1927). "Les travailleurs du Nord-Africain dans la région parisienne" (in French). Paris-soir. p. 5. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  5. "La France se dessèche-t-elle ?" (in French). La Charente. 7 August 1929. p. non paginé (vue 2). Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  6. Colombo, Angelo (1 January 2009). Presses Univ. Franche-Comté (ed.). Recherches en littérature et civilisation européennes et hispano-américaines [mélanges Gérard Brey] (in French). Besançon. p. 428. ISBN   978-2-84867-245-8 . Retrieved 26 December 2015.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. "Diabolo flamand : " Degustam. Appreciam. Colportem ! "". 21 September 2023.