Name: Japanese Slipper
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Triple sec; 30 ml Green melon liqueur; 30 ml Lemon juice

Japanese Slipper
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Photographed in a Speakeasy Martini 5.75oz

Ingredients:
1 oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
1 oz	Green melon liqueur
1 oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with maraschino cherry dropped into cocktail.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Sweet melon, orange liqueur and lemon. A bit of a sweetie, as its lurid green colour might suggest.

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History:

Created in 1984 by Jean-Paul Bourguignon at Mietta's Restaurant in Melbourne, Australia.

Nutrition:

One serving of Japanese Slipper contains 139 calories

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
14.71% alc./vol. (14.71° proof)
13.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Renz C

25th April at 16:53

Tried this with lime juice instead of lemon and it is rather good, sparkly fresh and not sugary at all

Rin Cheung

12th January at 18:33

I was seen sone people has make this drink as a Margarita and just add 10ml midori for the color have you guys tried this kinda version?

Simon Difford

12th January at 21:06

Please can you share your full recipe.

Simon Difford

12th January at 21:02

No, but I'll be sure to try. Thanks for suggesting.

Bert Schouterden

4th January at 23:10

During my travels in Vietnam, I asked for a different version in - as I remember correctly - in 2 Lam son bar in Saigon (Hyatt hotels).

As I am a afficionado of (dry)martinis, this version included both dry vermouth and Gin on my request and had the following mesures : 4 cl London Dry Gin, 2 cl Dry Vermouth ( I think it was Dolin), 1 cl Midori, 2 cl Cointreau, 1 cl Lime juice.

The Vermouth brought down the sweetness of the Midori and added depth, where the Gin added stiffness.

This is probably a totally different cocktail then a Japanese slipper, but I liked it !

girlboyfieri

20th August 2024 at 03:27

As much as this drink sounds like it'd just be a syrupy mess, the flavours play really well together. It's like adult melon soda.

Peter Halpern

9th September 2023 at 15:16

All I could taste was lemon in the even split listed 30ml each.
I adjusted down to 15ml lemon juice and it didn't really do it for me.

I can usually find some form of appeal in most drinks, but this one left me 'meh'

Kym Harding

17th February 2023 at 02:10

For me, Midori doesn’t have the character to act as main player, and this confirms it in my mind. Perfectly pleasant, but as soon as I had finished I wondered why I bothered. I like fruity cocktails as long as they’re not too sweet or not too simple. The lemon can be adjusted to deal with the sweetness, but there’s no real complexity here. 3.5 for me.

Rob .

22nd January 2023 at 21:31

I prefer my variation with 10ml less lemon juice and served in a Nick & Nora glass.

30 ml Cointreau triple sec liqueur
30 ml Midori Melon Liqueur
20 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

Jeremy Harrold

12th January 2023 at 17:39

One for the sugar police to prohibit. Thank goodness we are all consenting adults! It’s so easy to like, a sour with all the elements working together. It’s surprising someone hasn’t done a ‘Morgenthaler’ on it.

William Smith

14th August 2022 at 03:14

Much better than expected. This will be one of my Sunday night "dirty drinks" to get me ready for a bad workweek.

letti pearce

30th August 2021 at 16:44

This is one of my favourite cocktails as I love midori, and I love the sharp lemon in this. My guests described it as a lemon sherbet sweet in cocktail form.