Name: Yokohama
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 30 ml Orange juice; 15 ml Vodka; 7.5 ml Grenadine syrup; 1.25 ml Absinthe

Yokohama
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Ketel One Vodka
¹⁄₄ oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup
0.04 oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe

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How to make:

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

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Gin and orange with a hint of absinthe.

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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

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Nutrition:

One serving of Yokohama contains 141 calories

Alcohol content:

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

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Tuber Magnatum

14th June at 22:32

At John's suggestion below increased the gin. I went 45ml gin and reduced the orange juice to 20ml reduced the sweetness and orange notes which for me improved the overall balance of this cocktail which I very much enjoyed.

ian roberts

14th April 2024 at 16:41

Definitely one to have again,

John Hinojos

9th February 2023 at 01:24

Liked the hint of absinthe. The herbal flavours blend perfectly with the orange. Nice level of sweetness, but I think I would put a bit more gin or vodka next time to make it a bit drier. Perhaps an dash or orange bitters.

Tuber Magnatum

1st September 2024 at 22:56

Agree that not too sweet but or me the OJ predominates and would benefit from more gin +/- vodka. An excellent cocktail for a warm summer late afternoon on the dock (a Canadian reference!)

Florian Ruf

14th May 2022 at 21:29

Very balanced and delicious cocktail. Next time I will increase the amounts by 50%, it is really small in a coupe glass. The cocktail smells like tangerine, maybe the reason for the name?

Jack Reid

18th March 2022 at 05:14

"Gin and orange with a hint of absinthe" ? Yes, that sums it up well. It's well balanced. I'd give it a 5-to-6 on the Gentle-Boozy and a 4 on the Sweet-Dry/Sour scales they have on some of the other drinks. Mine was a duller yellow, verging on muddy brownish than the picture. A nice drink if you're an absinthe or gin fan. I'm not, particularly, but I still finished it quite happily.

Simon Difford

18th March 2022 at 17:22

I've been applying the boozy and sweet to dry scales as I gradually work my way through all the cocktails I've not made in recent years. Your comment spurred me to tackle the Yokohama and I've tweaked the recipe to make it drier and less absinthe forward. Many thanks for your feedback.

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