Yuzu Juice was recently featured in Tasting Table. Good bartenders know that the perfect cocktail is all about balance: Nothing makes a drink like the right proportions of alcohol, sugar and acidity.
Within this trifecta, mixologists have plenty of room for experimentation. But poor, poor lemons and limes–they’ve had to shoulder the acidity burden for so long, since other citrus-family favorites like oranges and grapefruits don’t create a strong-enough pucker for many drinks.
Luckily, here from Asia to heed the call of duty is yuzu. The juice of this Japanese fruit (along with its cousins sudachi and kabosu) has all the zing your cocktail needs, plus a complex, bright flavor that will abolish lemon and lime fatigue.
Though not new, these wonder-fruit juices have been difficult to find in the United States–until now. Japan-based Yakami Orchards has teamed with WA Imports to bring bottles of these juices stateside so you can give your home cocktails an exotic makeover. Swap them into any recipe that calls for lemon or lime juice for a thoroughly refreshed (and refreshing) drink.
Or try them on your next night out–New York’s sushi temple Masa is mixing sudachi in a cocktail with tequila and fresh tangerine juice, while Chicago mixologist Adam Seger matches yuzu’s punch with kaffir lime and a ginger liqueur.
And the St. Zipang (click here to download the recipe), served at the newly opened New York cocktail lounge Forty Eight, features yuzu with another export that’s at the forefront of beverage trends: sparkling sake.
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The Tasting Table features Yuzu Juice in its Article “Yuzu Wisely”
Yuzu Juice was recently featured in Tasting Table.
Good bartenders know that the perfect cocktail is all about balance: Nothing makes a drink like the right proportions of alcohol, sugar and acidity.
Within this trifecta, mixologists have plenty of room for experimentation. But poor, poor lemons and limes–they’ve had to shoulder the acidity burden for so long, since other citrus-family favorites like oranges and grapefruits don’t create a strong-enough pucker for many drinks.
Luckily, here from Asia to heed the call of duty is yuzu. The juice of this Japanese fruit (along with its cousins sudachi and kabosu) has all the zing your cocktail needs, plus a complex, bright flavor that will abolish lemon and lime fatigue.
Though not new, these wonder-fruit juices have been difficult to find in the United States–until now. Japan-based Yakami Orchards has teamed with WA Imports to bring bottles of these juices stateside so you can give your home cocktails an exotic makeover. Swap them into any recipe that calls for lemon or lime juice for a thoroughly refreshed (and refreshing) drink.
Or try them on your next night out–New York’s sushi temple Masa is mixing sudachi in a cocktail with tequila and fresh tangerine juice, while Chicago mixologist Adam Seger matches yuzu’s punch with kaffir lime and a ginger liqueur.
And the St. Zipang (click here to download the recipe), served at the newly opened New York cocktail lounge Forty Eight, features yuzu with another export that’s at the forefront of beverage trends: sparkling sake.