Swizzle stick

{{Short description|Small stick used to hold fruit garnishes or stir drinks}} {{Redirect-distinguish|Stirring stick|stirring rod}} {{more footnotes|date=July 2018}} [[File:Sailors Swizzle.jpg|upright|thumb|Traditional ''[[Quararibea turbinata]]'' swizzle stick lying in front of a rum-based cocktail ([[Sailors Swizzle]])]] [[File:Touillettes.JPG|thumb|Three common coffee swizzle sticks (French: ''Touillettes'')]] A '''swizzle stick''' is a small stick used to stir drinks. The original swizzle sticks were created in the 18th century at a [[rum]] plantation in the West Indies using the [[branch]] of the ''[[Quararibea turbinata]]'' (also known as the "Swizzle stick tree"). In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, stir sticks made of glass were created to shake out the bubbles from [[champagne]], whose carbonation caused indigestion for some drinkers.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

Swizzle sticks became particularly ornate with the advent of themed establishments such as the [[tiki bar]] and are sometimes kept as a souvenir or collected.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Carter |first1=Duke |title=Tiki Quest |date=2003 |publisher=Pegboard Press |location=Chicago}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Swizzle sticks make a tiki comeback |url=https://punchdrink.com/articles/the-swizzle-stick-makes-a-modern-tiki-comeback/ |website=punchdrink.com |accessdate=12 February 2019}}</ref>

== See also == * [[Chartreuse swizzle]]

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== External links == {{commons category|Swizzle sticks}}

* {{cite web|url=https://www.swizzlestickcollectors.com|title=The International Swizzle Sticks Collector Association}} * {{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1477343.stm|title=Swizzle stick to detect drugs|publisher=BBC News|access-date=2008-07-11|date=August 7, 2001}}

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[[Category:Products introduced in 1933]] [[Category:Bartending equipment]] [[Category:Culture of the Caribbean]] [[Category:Cocktail garnishes]] [[Category:Rums]]