page_title: Ammazzacaffè
hierarchical_section_title: Ammazzacaffè
caption_attribution_description: English: Sambuca (an anis-based liquor) served with coffee and iceEspañol: Sambuca (un licor a base de anís) servida con café y hielo.
context_page_description: Ammazzacaffè is a small glass of liqueur usually consumed after coffee to dull its taste or the caffeine effect. It is a common Italian custom, especially after a generous tasty festive meal.
  Ammazzacaffè is the popular Italian assimilation and adaptation of a usage born among aristocratic classes, where it was common to move to a different room to smoke and to serve a cognac or brandy after dinner.
  Nowadays it is still a common custom in Italy, even at lunch, and it is made of bitters or a local liqueur. In some northern zones people used to rinse out the emptied coffee cup with liqueur that they would then drink; this also happens in Piedmont, where this custom is called pusacaffè.
context_section_description: Ammazzacaffè ([amˌmattsakafˈfɛ]; Italian for "coffee killer") is a small glass of liqueur usually consumed after coffee to dull its taste or the caffeine effect. It is a common Italian custom, especially after a generous tasty festive meal.
  Ammazzacaffè is the popular Italian assimilation and adaptation of a usage born among aristocratic classes, where it was common to move to a different room to smoke and to serve a cognac or brandy after dinner.
  Nowadays it is still a common custom in Italy, even at lunch, and it is made of bitters or a local liqueur. In some northern zones (Veneto or Trentino regions) people used to rinse out the emptied coffee cup with liqueur (traditionally Grappa) that they would then drink (resentin); this also happens in Piedmont, where this custom is called pusacaffè (literally "push-coffee").
caption: Sambuca, served as an ammazzacaffè
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