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Stirred · Coupe

Christian Suzuki, Wildhawk, San Francisco

Kagano cocktail recipe

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What goes in it

Method · Stirred

  1. 1Stir everything with ice until well chilled and strain into a chilled coupe.
  2. 2Express an orange peel over the top and discard it, then garnish with an edible orchid and a piece of banana leaf.
Glass
Coupe
Ice
Up
Garnish
Expressed orange peel (discarded), edible orchid, banana leaf

Prep ahead

Mixer

Saline Solution (1:4)

Keeps
3 months
Storage
Room temperature

Ingredients

  • 1 partkosher salt (by weight)
  • 4 partswater (by weight)

Method

  1. 1Blend or shake until the salt dissolves.

About the Kagano

Kagano is a Manhattan-style cocktail made with aged rum, blended scotch and umeshu, created by Christian Suzuki at Wildhawk.

RumScotchStirredFruityTropicalBoozyUmeshuBanana LiqueurManhattan

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