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)

Tomodachi
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Glass:

Photographed in an Urban Bar 1910 Retro Coupette 15cl

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

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Prepare:

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

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

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

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Ambrato/ambre/amber vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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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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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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Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
20.6% alc./vol. (41.19° proof)
19.6 grams of pure alcohol

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