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Japanese Cocktail recipe · DosVermuts

Classics

Japanese Cocktail

A tiny three-part build shows how orgeat can round a dark spirit without turning the drink into dessert.

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Reference: DosVermuts adaptation from Jerry Thomas, Bar-Tender's Guide (1887), LOC 07000656 p. 23, image 27 · Scale it, save it, or twist it below.

Recipe

Japanese Cocktail

Cognac softened by almond and sharpened with aromatic bitters and lemon oil.

Method: stirGlass: nick-and-noraGarnish: Lemon twist

Batch size

Ingredients100%

Cognac
60ml
Orgeat
15ml
Aromatic bitters
2 dashes
2ml

How to make it

1Stir the Cognac, orgeat, and bitters with cold ice until smooth and chilled.
2Fine strain into a chilled Nick and Nora.
3Express a lemon twist over the surface and set it on the rim.

Good to know

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Where it's from

Jerry Thomas, Bar-Tender's Guide (1887), LOC 07000656 p. 23, image 27

Status

A trusted classic — make it as-is, scale it, or twist it.

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