While born in Italy, the habit of having aperitivo with friends to unwind after a day at work, or as a fun preamble to a good dinner in company, has become a worldwide custom. Similarly, what we Italians like to have during an aperitivo – the spritz and the Negroni, the prosecco and the Bellini, all the way to that collection of delicious cured meats, cheeses, breads and tiny pizzas we munch on while drinking– is today available and on trend around the world.

But every Italian and Italophile will tell you there is something that, perhaps, we love just as much as aperitivo in the Belpaese, but whose name is still a tad mysterious in other parts of the globe, digestivo.A digestivo, as its name hints at, is a liqueur you have after dinner, to “digest” the meal you’ve just consumed.