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: Jerry Thomas · 1887 · Open source page ↗ · Scale it, save it, or twist it below.
Method stirGlass nick and noraFinish Lemon twist
Ingredients
Cognac softened by almond and sharpened with aromatic bitters and lemon oil.
Taste: toasted almond · lemon oil · brandy spice
Cognac
60ml
Orgeat
15ml
Aromatic bitters
2 dashes
2ml
How to make it
Stir the Cognac, orgeat, and bitters with cold ice until smooth and chilled.
Fine strain into a chilled Nick and Nora.
Express a lemon twist over the surface and set it on the rim.
Source: Jerry Thomas, Bar-Tender's Guide (1887), LOC 07000656 p. 23, image 27 · A trusted classic — make it as-is, scale it, or twist it.
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