Name: Japanese Slipper
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Triple sec; 30 ml Green melon liqueur; 30 ml Lemon juice

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur

1 fl oz

Green melon liqueur

1 fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with maraschino cherry dropped into cocktail.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Japanese Slipper contains 139 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
13.97% alc./vol. (27.94° proof)
13.5 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Bocman 1y

Surprisingly it’s great 😊
I don’t really like a melon liquor and triple sec, but this combination man - really good.

Filippo Sanchi 1y

Best recipe ever for Japanese Slipper : 35ml Midori - 15ml Dry Curaçao (i am using Pierre Ferrand ) 20ml fresh Lemon Juice and 7.5 fresh lime juice - Super Bomb !

Renz C 1y

Tried this with lime juice instead of lemon and it is rather good, sparkly fresh and not sugary at all

Rin Cheung 1y

I was seen sone people has make this drink as a Margarita and just add 10ml midori for the color have you guys tried this kinda version?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

No, but I'll be sure to try. Thanks for suggesting.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 50w

Okay, so we decided to try to rise to this challenge. Our first stop was simply to add 10ml Midori to the Difford's recipe for 'Margarita (straight up)'. Despite subsequent fiddling with the balance between the 'sweets' (triple sec, agave syrup and Midori), we concluded that our first stop was the truest. Midori is such a mild liqueur that the Margarita, for us, stood up to the challenge of the additional ingredient. But with the addition of the Midori, we think it worth contemplating going with a Reposado Tequila. We call it a 'Mexican Slipper'.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 50w

And here’s one I prepared earlier:
https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/32076/japanese-slipper-margarita

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Bert Schouterden 1y

During my travels in Vietnam, I asked for a different version in - as I remember correctly - in 2 Lam son bar in Saigon (Hyatt hotels).

As I am a afficionado of (dry)martinis, this version included both dry vermouth and Gin on my request and had the following mesures : 4 cl London Dry Gin, 2 cl Dry Vermouth ( I think it was Dolin), 1 cl Midori, 2 cl Cointreau, 1 cl Lime juice.

The Vermouth brought down the sweetness of the Midori and added depth, where the Gin added stiffness.

This is probably a totally different cocktail then a Japanese slipper, but I liked it !

tguyfieri 2y

As much as this drink sounds like it'd just be a syrupy mess, the flavours play really well together. It's like adult melon soda.

Peter Halpern Premium Member 3y

All I could taste was lemon in the even split listed 30ml each.
I adjusted down to 15ml lemon juice and it didn't really do it for me.

I can usually find some form of appeal in most drinks, but this one left me 'meh'

Peter Halpern Premium Member 42w

UPDATE:
After trying this at the JFK Capital One Lounge, I asked how they made it.... Oh what an improvement! So, taking their recipe and

15 ml Elyx Vodka
25ml Midori
30 ml Grand Marnier Cuvee Louis Alexander
20ml Volcano Lemon juice
2 dashes cucumber bitters

Kym Harding 3y

For me, Midori doesn’t have the character to act as main player, and this confirms it in my mind. Perfectly pleasant, but as soon as I had finished I wondered why I bothered. I like fruity cocktails as long as they’re not too sweet or not too simple. The lemon can be adjusted to deal with the sweetness, but there’s no real complexity here. 3.5 for me.

Rob . 3y

I prefer my variation with 10ml less lemon juice and served in a Nick & Nora glass.

30 ml Cointreau triple sec liqueur
30 ml Midori Melon Liqueur
20 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

Jeremy Harrold 3y

One for the sugar police to prohibit. Thank goodness we are all consenting adults! It’s so easy to like, a sour with all the elements working together. It’s surprising someone hasn’t done a ‘Morgenthaler’ on it.