Diabolo (drink) explained

Diabolo
Region:	France
Type:	Non-alcoholic mixed drink
Ingredients:	Lemonade and syrup
Flavour:	Grenadine Strawberry Mint

A diabolo is a non-alcoholic mixed drink available in most restaurants and bars in France. It consists of a common lemon soda mixed with syrup. Popular flavours include mint (Diabolo Menthe), strawberry, lemon or grenadine.^{[1] [2]}

Origins

The diabolo drink appeared before 1920,^[3] and became popular in France in the 1920s. The drink was around that time described as a mixture of a lemon soda and a 'very light tincture of liqueur',^[4] a lemonade and a cassis liquor,^[5] or a lemon-lime soda and a syrup.

Translation in other languages

Diabolo has no equivalent in Italian, but a lemon soda mixed with different syrups can approximately be translated as a .^[6]

Variants

A diabolo flamand is a cocktail composed of jenever, lemon soda and often a violet syrup, it can often be very sweet.^[7]

Popular culture

• 1977 : Diabolo menthe (Peppermint Soda), movie by Diane Kuris

See also

• Lemonade

Notes and References

1. Web site: FR. G. O.. Les limonadiers sont enchantés de la vague de chaleur. Paris-midi. 1929-09-06. 2020-09-03. 2.
2. Web site: FR. Et un diabolo, un !. L'Afrique du Nord illustrée : journal hebdomadaire d'actualités nord-africaines : Algérie, Tunisie, Maroc. 1929-08-31. 2020-09-03. 17.
3. Web site: fr. Diabolo (étymol. et hist.). 2020-09-03.
4. Web site: FR. Léon Maillard. Les travailleurs du Nord-Africain dans la région parisienne. Paris-soir. 1927-08-15. 2020-09-03. 5.
5. Web site: FR. La France se dessèche-t-elle ?. La Charente. 1929-08-07. 2020-09-03. non paginé (vue 2).
6. Book: 2009-01-01. 978-2-84867-245-8. fr. Angelo. Colombo. Recherches en littérature et civilisation européennes et hispano-américaines. mélanges Gérard Brey. Presses Univ. Franche-Comté. Besançon. 428. 2015-12-26.
7. Web site: Diabolo flamand : " Degustam. Appreciam. Colportem ! ". 21 September 2023 .