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Geisha Martini

Name: Geisha Martini
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Vodka; 45 ml Sake; 7.5 ml Dry vermouth; 2.5 ml Japanese whisky; 2.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Ketel One Vodka
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Akashi-Tai Daiginjo Genshu sake
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
¹⁄₁₂ fl oz	Japanese blended whisky
¹⁄₁₂ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s (optional)

How to make

Glass

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Method

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of float wafer thin cucumber slice.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Geisha Martini contains 172 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
21.56% alc./vol. (43.11° proof)
22.1 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Created in November 2016 by yours truly at the Cabinet Room, London, England.

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Review

A Vodka Martini given a Japanese influence with sake and Japanese whisky. Omit the sugar syrup if you like your Martinis bone dry.

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Comments & Discussion

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Nicholas Wilson 1y

Such delicate flavours, cucumber is essential

Michael Z 3y

As someone who hasn't found pleasure in dry (original) martinis, I think this was a well-balanced recipe.

Brandon John 4y

We enjoy this one a lot, with a couple of tweaks to dry it out further. No sugar as Simon suggests, instead upping the whiskey to 7.5 mls for a little sweetness. The fragrance of the cucumber slice is key.

William Smith 5y

I'm sipping one of these right now. Didn't have any Japanese whisky, so I used a Highland single malt. I quite like it, but next time I think a touch more vermouth, and lose the simple. It's already sweet from the whisky.

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