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Kawahori

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Ingredients
1 barspoon	Yukari (Shiso Rice Seasoning)
1 ¹⁄₃ fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Akashi-Tai Shiraume Ginjo Umeshu
2 barspoon	Monin Grenadine Syrup
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

13.7 grams of pure alcohol

History

The Japanese Bacardí Legacy 2016 winning cocktail winning cocktail by Masato Sakurai at Ginza Yaemaru in Tokyo.

Kawahori is a Japanese twist on the new standard cocktail, from its umami flavors to its insight into Japanese culture, which is hidden in the name; Kawahori means 'bat' in old forgotten Japanese.
Masato Sakurai, 2016

Review

You'll find plum wine and Yukari powder (which tastes like salty, sweet, fruity black tea leaves and looks a little like black tea) at any specialist Japanese retailer (such as London's Japan Centre). We tried making this drink a few times, with homemade pomegranate syrup as well as commercially available grenadine. How generous the spoon of yukari also greatly affected the outcome. Some of the versions we made were great but the recipe is not fool proof, or the ingredients so easily available outside of Japan.

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Comments & Discussion

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Joel Eblin Premium Member 1y

I like this cocktail, but 4 stars is correct. I think the flavor profile they're going for is the umeboshi, heavily salted and fermented plums.

I think a bit more of the umeshu might have helped get more plum flavor. I will experiment

Katherine OBrien 2y

I can't imagine how that would've tasted. The rice seasoning suggested is made from red shiso leaves and while it is salty, it doesn't contain fish flavours or anything like that. I hope you try again with the correct ingredient, it adds a lot and I'm sure you'll enjoy it more.

Bill Wrinkle 3y

So I tried this. When I googled "Yukari rice seasoning", every result pointed me to "Furikake". Yukari is the brand. My furikake seems based on shredded sushi nori and other "fishy/salty/umami" flavored bits which I put in the coffee grinder to make a powder. Then I made the cocktail per the instructions.

My only recommendation is to not let the lemon juice or the grenadine get control of the flavor. Don't be afraid to dump more of the rice seasoning in than you are comfortable with.

Michael Z 3y

Absolutely brilliant. Must try.
Though, the boozy scale should be at least a 5.

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Makes a minimum of 18.5 cocktails.
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* May not include all ingredients. Price per cocktail is an estimate based on cost of one cocktail with ingredients shown above and does not include shipping.