Ingredients

  • 2 ozsake
  • ¾ ozyuzu juice
  • ½ ozsimple syrup
  • 1 wholeegg white
  • 🍋Expressed lemon twist(garnish)

🔧 Tools

cocktail shakerjiggerfine strainercoupe glass

Instructions

  1. Add sake, yuzu juice, simple syrup, and egg white to a cocktail shaker without ice.
  2. Dry shake hard for 15 seconds to build foam from the egg white.
  3. Add ice to the shaker and shake again for 12 seconds.
  4. Fine strain into a chilled coupe glass.
  5. Garnish with an expressed lemon twist.

📜 History

Yuzu is a Japanese citrus with a flavor profile often described as a blend of lemon, grapefruit, and mandarin. Its pairing with sake is rooted in Japanese culinary tradition, where both ingredients are staples. Western bartenders began incorporating yuzu into sour-style cocktails in the 2010s, and the Yuzu Sake Sour has become one of the most referenced Japanese-inspired cocktails in bartending guides and sake producer recipe collections.

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