Calisaya (liqueur) Calisaya (liqueur) Calisaya (liqueur) is a herbal liqueur produced by infusing cinchona calisaya, and other barks, roots and flowers in grain neutral spirit and seville orange extract. It is a contemporary revision of the classic Italian amaro. It is handcrafted in small numbered batches by Elixir, Inc., a craft distillery in Eugene, Oregon, which was founded by the Italian brothers Andrea and Mario Loreto. It can be drunk as both an Apéritif and digestif or used as a bitter ingredient in cocktails. Cinchona based liqueurs are very popular in Italy under the generic name of China (pronounced Kee-nah), the Italian
Sambuca (instrument) Sambuca (instrument) The sambuca (also "sambute", "sambiut", "sambue", "sambuque", or "sambuke") was an ancient stringed instrument of Asiatic origin. However, many other instruments have also been called a "sambuca". The original sambuca is generally supposed to have been a small triangular harp of shrill tone., probably identical with the Phoenician and the Aramaic "sabbkā", the Greek form being or . The sambuca has been compared to the siege engine of the same name by some classical writers; Polybius likens it to a rope ladder; others describe it as boat-shaped. Among the musical instruments known, the Egyptian "nanga" best answers to