Kalimocho

Kalimocho

The calimocho or kalimotxo (Basque pronunciation: [ka.li.mo.tʃo], Spanish pronunciation: [ka.li.ˈmo.tʃo]) is a drink consisting of equal parts red wine and a cola-based soft drink. Red wine and cola were combined in Spain as early as the 1920s, but Coca-Cola was not widely available. That changed in 1953, when the first Coca-Cola factory opened in Spain. The combination was given various names, until its mass usage at a festival in Algorta led to it being christened the kalimotxo, a playful combination of the two creators' nicknames, Kalimero and Motxongo.It has since become a classic of the Basque Country region, in large part due to its simple mixture, accessibility of ingredients, and cheap cost.The same mixture is known as katemba in South Africa, cátembe in Mozambique, bambus (bamboo) in Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia and other Balkan countries, jote (black vulture) in Chile, and jesus juice in Argentina.

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