I was on vacation in the uk some years back, stayed with a friend who decided to take me out with some white folks. At one of the restaurants we visited, i asked for chapman and the waitress was looking at me, not knowing what i meant, i was really suprised and turned to one of the white folks who also did not know what chapman is. It was when i got back to 9ja nad was telling one of my friends that i was told that the drink was actually concocted in Nigeria. I felt really proud, cause the drink is so fresh and different from our locally made drinks here in nigeria.

Chapman is actually an african non-alcoholic cocktail. I witnessed a scene some years back in one of the five star hotels in Abuja, an argument between a black supervisor and his white manager (F&B dept). The manager asked the waiter to remove the cucumber 'cos wine is not served that way, the waiter told him that his supervisor instructed them to do that. The supervisor was summoned before the general manager and the F&B manager-possibly to be querried, he gave an interesting lecture on chapman to the two white men and insisted that as the bar supervisor he will not allow chapman to be served without those items because the manager is white and does not know anything about chapman while he has over ten years experience working @ the Hilton where chapman was discovered as an african mixture. The GM was convinced and told the supervisor to go ahead with his usual arrangement. He not only convinced the GM but all th guests @ the bar that day, infact that was the day i knew that chapman is an african cocktail. Chapman's infact very easy to prepare.