Tomodachi

Name: Tomodachi
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Aged grappa; 30 ml Sake; 30 ml Ambrato vermouth; 5 ml Amaro (e.g. Nonino)

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Nonino AnticaCuvée Riserva 5 Year Old Grappa
1 fl oz	Akashi-Tai Daiginjo Genshu sake (chilled)
1 fl oz	Ambrato/ambre/amber vermouth (chilled)
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Amaro Nonino Quintessentia

How to make

Glass

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Prepare

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

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

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

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
20.84% alc./vol. (41.69° proof)
19.8 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Ambrato/ambre/amber vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2026 by Charles Schumann at his Schumann's Bar in Munich, Germany. Tomodachi (友達) means "friend/companion" in Japanese, a reference to the sake in the recipe that Charles created for his friends at Nonino. His original recipe specifies: 25ml Grappa Nonino Riserva AnticaCuvée 5 Years, 25ml sake, 25ml amber vermouth and a few dashes of Amaro Nonino Quintessentia.

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Review

Aged grappa adds vanilla and dried fruit notes to this sake-infused, vermouth-rounded, complex cocktail with delicate bittersweet depth of flavour.

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