The drink arrives at the table, and the name on the menu makes no sense. The bartender reads it out loud, and it sounds nothing like what you tried to order. That small embarrassment is how most Americans first encounter Spain’s oldest terrace drinks, and right now those drinks are showing up on cocktail menus from coast to coast, whether people can pronounce them or not.
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