Sambuca is a traditional Italian liqueur flavored with star anise. Sambuca () is an Italian anise-flavoured, usually colourless, liqueur. Some upscale espresso bars even offer alcoholic drinks such as grappa and sambuca. Sambuca is flavoured with essential oils obtained from star anise, or less commonly, green anise. Sambuca from the elderberry plants, widespread in antiquity in the valley of Lake Orange. This is where they began producing handcrafted Romana Sambuca. The effect of this was an explosion of Sambuca Romana. Classic Empire's dam, Sambuca Classica, was winless on the racetrack but came from distinguished bloodlines. Fabio Colonna created the pentecontachordon keyboard instrument which he called a sambuca. Eusebius wrote that the Troglodytae invented the musical instrument of Sambuca. However, many other instruments have also been called a "sambuca". Until 1928 the town was called Sambuca Zabut. Later classical sources confuse the sambuca for a ship mounted siege tower. Mithridates' sambuca had rams and projectiles as part of its offensive battery. Johnny "Sambuca" Todd in Jersey where he honed his talent.