Kalimotxo
Alcoholic beverage
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The kalimotxo[1] (Basque pronunciation: [ka.li.mo.tʃo]) or calimocho[2] (Spanish pronunciation: [ka.li.ˈmo.tʃo]) is a drink consisting of equal parts red wine and a cola-based soft drink.[3][4]
- One part red wine
- One part cola or another carbonated soft drink
 A porrón with kalimotxo and the used bottle of 1983 vintage wine. | |
| Ingredients |
|
|---|---|
| Base spirit | Wine |
| Standard drinkware | katxi |
| Served | On the rocks: poured over ice |
| Preparation | Stir together over plenty of ice. |
Origin
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,[1] a playful combination of the two creators' nicknames, Kalimero and Motxongo.[5]
It has since become a classic of the Basque Country region[6] and in the rest of Spain in large part due to its simple mixture, accessibility of ingredients, and low cost.[7]
Other countries
The same mixture has different names in several countries:[8]
- Bambus (bamboo) — Croatia, Serbia[citation needed], North Macedonia[citation needed], and other Balkan countries[citation needed]
- Bennfiss — Ivory Coast[citation needed]
- Cátembe — Mozambique[citation needed]
- Fetzy — Upper Austria[citation needed]
- Houba (mushroom) — Czech Republic[citation needed]
- Jesus Juice — Argentina
- Jote (black vulture) — Chile
- Katemba — South Africa
- Vadász (hunter) — Hungary[citation needed]
