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Japanese Cocktail

A historic pre-Prohibition sipper featuring cognac enhanced with orgeat's almond richness and aromatic bitters, creating an elegant, subtly sweet cocktail with Middle Eastern undertones.

⚠️ Contains: 🍷 Sulfites, tree nuts — Contains tree nuts (from orgeat, amaretto, or similar)

📋 Shake🥃 Coupe🧊 none🍋 Lemon twist👅 nutty, aromatic, sweet, elegant, almond

Ingredients

2 ozcognac
0.5 ozorgeat
2 dashesangostura bitters
🍋Lemon twist(garnish)

🔧 Tools

cocktail shakerjiggerstrainer

Instructions

Add cognac, orgeat, and bitters to a shaker with ice.
Shake well until thoroughly chilled.
Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
Express a lemon twist over the drink and drop it in as garnish.

📜 History

Despite its name, this cocktail contains no Japanese ingredients. Legendary bartender Jerry Thomas created it in 1860 to honor the first Japanese diplomatic delegation visiting the United States. He debuted the drink at New York's Metropolitan Hotel during a reception for the ambassadors. The recipe appeared in Thomas's 1862 "Bar-Tender's Guide," the first American cocktail book, making this one of the oldest documented cocktail recipes still enjoyed today.

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~28% ABV