Cool drinks with Umeshu, refreshing and fruity
Jun 21, 2018
Cool drinks with Umeshu: the "Umeshu cocktail", refreshingly fruity
Summer is showing its best side so far, an excellent reason to mix a cocktail with umeshu. Umeshu is the most popular liqueur in Japan and usually has an alcohol content of between 14 and 20%. Incidentally, botanically speaking, ume is a type of apricot and not a type of plum, as is often assumed.
The Umeshu found its way from China to Japan a long time ago and was first used as a medicine for sore throats. The word Umeshu first appeared in a dictionary of Japanese food in 1697.
In Japan, umeshu is drunk straight, on the rocks or extended with soda water. In winter, the Japanese also drink it with warm water. However, it can also be used wonderfully in cocktails, as here for example:
Umeshu cocktail, Ingredients:
6 cl Suntory Special Reserve Whisky
3 cl Suntory Umeshu Yamazaki Cask
2 bar spoons of sweet sherry, e.g. Gutiérrez-Colosía Cream
3 dashes Angustora Bitter
Preparation:
Stir all the ingredients in a mixing glass over ice. Strain into a pre-chilled glass. Cheers & Kanpai!
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