Yokohama

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Discerning Drinkers (21 ratings)

Serve in a

Coupe glass
Ingredients:
1 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 fl oz Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz Ketel One Vodka
1/4 fl oz Monin Grenadine Syrup
1/24 fl oz La Fée Parisienne absinthe
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Read about cocktail measures and measuring.

How to make:

  1. Select a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:


Review:

Gin and orange with a hint of absinthe.

Variant:

Orange Blossom

History:

One of the earliest published vodka recipes and credited to Harry MacElhone who also created the Monkey Gland to which this cocktail is practically identical, albeit a splash of vodka. The Yokohama appears in McElhone's 1923 Harry of Ciro's ABC Of Mixing Cocktails.

Yokohama Cocktail.
1 dash of Absinthe.
1/6 Grenadine.
1/6 Vodka.
1/3 Orange juice.
1/3 Gin.
Shake well, and strain into cocktail glass.

Harry McElhone, 1923

Nutrition:

One serving of Yokohama contains 141 calories.

Alcohol content:

  • 1 standard drinks
  • 16.87% alc./vol. (33.74° proof)
  • 14.1 grams of pure alcohol
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