Gin, Campari, sweet vermouth. Equal parts. Stirred. Rocks. Orange peel.
Combine in rocks glass over a large cube. Stir 20 seconds in the glass.
Garnish: orange peel, expressed and dropped in.
Florence, 1919. Count Camillo Negroni asked his bartender to swap soda for gin in his Americano. Three-part equal-ratio drink that became one of the world's most ordered cocktails.
We batch the Negroni. See Batching philosophy. The orange peel is the moment — express it firmly over the glass before dropping it in.
Bitter. Sweet. Botanical. The most balanced bitter cocktail in the canon.
Pour cost target: 20%. Selling price: $16. Margin: $12.80.
Tags: gin, negroni, stirred, classic, full-canon, batched