China Clementi is a cinchona-based liqueur from Fivizzano, combining two cinchona varieties with aromatic herbs and bitter-orange peel.
China Clementi’s producer traces the recipe to a pharmacist in Fivizzano in 1884.
Giuseppe Clementi developed the liqueur in his pharmacy in Lunigiana. The family describes continuing that original recipe, while its present-day serving examples include Negroni variations.
The producer names Cinchona Calisaya and Succirubra alongside aromatic herbs, bitter-orange peel, sugar and alcohol. It describes two years of aging for China Clementi. These are the producer’s details for this liqueur, not rules for all china drinks.
The producer places the recipe’s beginnings in Fivizzano, among the Tuscan hills and woods of Lunigiana.
TuscanyChina Clementi’s producer presents Negroni variations combining the liqueur with gin and Antica Formula. The examples put its cinchona character into a mixed drink rather than confining it to a neat pour.
Choose a bottle labeled China Clementi when you want the Fivizzano liqueur described here. The producer lists different bottle formats under the same name.
Here the name refers to cinchona, including the two varieties named by the producer, rather than the country.
The producer lists bitter-orange peel among the ingredients.
Yes. Its producer publishes several Negroni variations using the liqueur.
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