Kalimotxo
Alcoholic beverage
The kalimotxo (Basque pronunciation: [ka.li.mo.tʃo]) or calimocho (Spanish pronunciation: [ka.li.ˈmo.tʃo]) is a drink consisting of equal parts red wine and a cola-based soft drink.
01Origin
Red wine and cola were combined in Basque Country as early as the 1920s, but Coca-Cola was not widely available. That changed in 1953, when the first Coca-Cola factory opened in Spain. The combination was given various names, until 1972 when its mass usage at a festival in Algorta, Biscay led to it being christened the kalimotxo, a playful combination of the two creators' nicknames, Kalimero and Motxongo.
It has since become a classic of the Basque Country region and in the rest of Spain in large part due to its simple mixture, accessibility of ingredients, and low cost.
02Other countries
The same mixture has different names in several countries:
- Bambus (bamboo), Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia, and other Balkan countries
- Bennfiss, Ivory Coast
- Cátembe, Mozambique
- Fetzy, Upper Austria
- Houba (mushroom), Czech Republic
- Jesus Juice, Argentina
- Jote (black vulture), Chile
- Katemba, South Africa
- Vadász (hunter), Hungary
- Şargoz, Turkey
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