Koji-San

Name: Koji-San
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 25 ml Shochu/soju; 5 ml Mezcal; 20 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 2 drop Saline solution 4:1; 7.5 ml Celery juice

Difford’s Guide

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
⁵⁄₆ fl oz	Shochu/soju
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
²⁄₃ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or pinch of salt
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Celery juice (freshly extracted)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Rim glass with sea salt and dashi powder (moisten outside edge with lime or orange juice and dip into a mix of salt and dashi powder).

Method

SHAKE first 5 ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
FLOAT celery juice.

Garnish

No additional garnish. (The preprepared rim is garnish enough.)

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Koji-San contains 90 calories

Alcohol content:

0.7 standard drinks
13.02% alc./vol. (26.04° proof)
10.1 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Celery juice (freshly extracted) — Celery

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2021 by Kenta Goto, this is the signature cocktail at his New York City cocktail bars, Bar Goto in Manhattan and Bar Goto Niban in Brooklyn. Kento specifies iichiko Saiten Barley Shochu.

More cocktails by Kenta Goto

Review

An umami-driven shochu sour, sometimes described as a savoury riff on a Margarita.

AKA: Celery Margarita

Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal 750ml - makes 150.5 cocktails
$42.99 $0.29 per cocktail

Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$14.99 $0.30 per cocktail Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) image

$0.59 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 50 cocktails.
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