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cocktail, short mixed drink originating in the United States and served as an appetizer. It generally has a basis of gin, whisky, rum, or brandy combined with vermouth or fruit juices and often flavored with bitters or grenadine. It is blended by stirring or shaking in a vessel containing cracked ice. The term is also applied to nonalcoholic beverages served as appetizers, e.g., tomato juice cocktail, and also to mixed, cut-up fruits and to shellfish and oysters served with a sharp sauce.
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| The introduction of tequila as a mixer drink, with grapefruit soda for example, helped introduce it to groups that would not normally drink straight shots as it had been consumed, almost exclusively, before," says Garcia from Pedro Domecq. |
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