The Cocktail Spirit with Robert Hess
Friday, May 16th, 2008The Japanese Cocktail
Excerpt from Revver.com
It’s hard for me to understand how the Japanese cocktail has slid into obscurity. While you might find it listed in some of the modern cocktail books, you’ll be hard pressed to find one that uses the original recipe from Jerry Thomas’ “Bar Tenders Guide” published in 1887. Properly made this drink has the sweet almond flavor of the orgeat balanced against the brandy and the bitters to present a very enticing drink.
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Recipe: The Japanese Cocktail
1/2oz. Orgeat Cordial syrup (or almond syrup)
2 dashes Angostura bitters
Rimmed glass w/Lemon Twist for garnish
My 2¢:
Cool recipe, I’d like to try it, good information, but has this guy been drinking? Serisously slow video, I like things a lot more high pace as a general rule. And ice first, always ice first… Why splash and waste? Didn’t make any sense to me. Stiring over shaking did make sense as this would be a higher class recipe and you can afford a slower more detail orientated service. However, too much attention to non detail here. I would say… blah blah blah. Oh wait you already know everything you need to, to make this drink.



