{"id":3176,"date":"2011-04-06T18:46:40","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T16:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/?p=3176"},"modified":"2011-05-15T17:40:12","modified_gmt":"2011-05-15T15:40:12","slug":"inside-fernet-brancas-factory-in-milan-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/06\/inside-fernet-brancas-factory-in-milan-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Fernet Branca&#8217;s Factory in Milan, Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today the New York Times posted a story about <a href=\"http:\/\/tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/04\/06\/case-study-a-round-with-the-count\/?smid=tw-nytimesdining&amp;seid=auto\">Count Niccol\u00f2 Branca di Romanico<\/a> &#8211; the leading royalty of the <a href=\"http:\/\/fernetbranca.com\/\">Fernet Branca<\/a>&#8216;s family dynasty and holder of the secret recipe for the Fernet Branca digestive that has achieved a cult status with waiters &amp; bartenders in New York, San Francisco, and it&#8217;s spreading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Did I forget to mention that Fernet Branca is headquartered in Milan, and that I have pictures from an exclusive tour I took of the factory? <em>Non<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a sneak peek &#8211; if you&#8217;re interested in seeing more, let me know in the comments. <strong>Fernet lover? Hater? Don&#8217;t know what we&#8217;re talking about? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The picture below depicts a wheel of spices that go into the Fernet Branca secret recipe. So secret, in fact, that they readily admit many of the spices they display in the wheel are decoys and are not actually included in the final recipe. One ingredient they do confirm is saffron, as evidenced by that huge jar right in the center.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The 40 Spices in Fernet Branca, Fernet Branca Factory in Milan, Italy by MsAdventuresinItaly, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/5595594902\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5180\/5595594902_65148dc8f7.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"The 40 Spices in Fernet Branca, Fernet Branca Factory in Milan, Italy\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today the New York Times posted a story about Count Niccol\u00f2 Branca di Romanico &#8211; the leading royalty of the Fernet Branca&#8216;s family dynasty and holder of the secret recipe for the Fernet Branca digestive that has achieved a cult status with waiters &amp; bartenders in New York, San Francisco, and it&#8217;s spreading&#8230; Did I&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/06\/inside-fernet-brancas-factory-in-milan-italy\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[102,100,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-behind-the-scenes","category-discovering-food","category-italy","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4uB1-Pe","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":367,"url":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/18\/early-morning-in-venice\/","url_meta":{"origin":3176,"position":0},"title":"Early Morning in Venice","author":"Sara, Ms. Adventures in Italy","date":"July 18, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I had some visitors in town recently, and though their trip was over by the time I posted How to Order an Italian Coffee and How to Avoid a Pickpocket and those posts were no help to them, I was lucky enough to be able to join them on the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Discovering Italy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Discovering Italy","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/category\/discovering-italy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"St. Mark's Square in Early Morning","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1284\/843888540_dabf7d0980.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5909,"url":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/27\/italy-food-bucket-list-part-2-13-more-delicious-things-to-eat-in-italy\/","url_meta":{"origin":3176,"position":1},"title":"Italy Food Bucket List, Part 2: 13 More Delicious Things to Eat in Italy","author":"Sara, Ms. Adventures in Italy","date":"February 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm going to continue my list of delicious things to eat in Italy with another installment. 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