Diabolo (drink)
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| Type | Non-alcoholic mixed drink |
|---|---|
| Region of origin | France |
| 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]
Origins[edit]
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[edit]
Diabolo has no equivalent in Italian, but a lemon soda mixed with different syrups can approximately be translated as a gassosa.[6]
Variants[edit]
A diabolo flamand is a cocktail composed of jenever, lemon soda and often a violet syrup.[7]
Gallery[edit]
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Two mint diabolos on a table of a bar in Montmartre.
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Popular culture[edit]
- 1977 : Diabolo menthe (Peppermint Soda), movie by Diane Kuris
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ G. O. (6 September 1929). "Les limonadiers sont enchantés de la vague de chaleur" (in French). Paris-midi. p. 2. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Diabolo (étymol. et hist.)" (in French). Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ Léon Maillard (15 August 1927). "Les travailleurs du Nord-Africain dans la région parisienne" (in French). Paris-soir. p. 5. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ "La France se dessèche-t-elle ?" (in French). La Charente. 7 August 1929. p. non paginé (vue 2). Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ 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) - ^ "Diabolo flamand : " Degustam. Appreciam. Colportem ! "". 21 September 2023.