Castello Mio Sambuca Castello Mio Sambuca Castello Mio is a brand of Sambuca liqueur owned and produced by Castle Brands Inc. Described as “super premium,” Castello Mio is distilled in Veneto, Italy by a family company that has been in business since the 1800s. It has an ABV of 38%. Castello Mio Classico is available in the traditional Sambuca flavor of anise, herbs and spices. The brand also produces an Espresso flavor, which combines Sambuca with espresso made from real Italian roast coffee beans. Castello Mio Classico received a rating of 86 from the Beverage Tasting Institute in 2013. Castello Mio Espresso received
Sambuca (instrument) in 1476, the sambuca is described as a cithara, which in that century was generally glossed "harp": In "Tristan und Isolde" (bars 7563-72) when the knight is enumerating to King Marke all the instruments upon which he can play, the "sambiut" is the last mentioned: A Latin–French glossary has the equivalence Psalterium = . During the later Middle Ages was often translated "sackbut" in the vocabularies, whether merely from the phonetic similarity of the two words has not yet been established. The great Boulogne Psalter (11th Century) contains many fanciful instruments which are evidently intended to illustrate the equally vague