Instructions

Step 1

In a small bowl, soak some cherry blossoms in hot tap water for 10 minutes. Pour the blossoms through a fine sieve, and rinse in cold water. Drain and dry thoroughly with paper towels.

Step 2

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, stir the sake with the gin and maraschino liqueur. Strain into a cocktail glass, and garnish with cherry blossom before serving.

In a small bowl, soak some cherry blossoms in hot tap water for 10 minutes. Pour the blossoms through a fine sieve, and rinse in cold water. Drain and dry thoroughly with paper towels.

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, stir the sake with the gin and maraschino liqueur. Strain into a cocktail glass, and garnish with cherry blossom before serving.

Drinks

Sakura Martini

Serves
makes one cocktail
Time
15 minutes

MATT TAYLOR-GROSS

Tokyo native Kenta Goto of Bar Goto in New York City has elevated the once-maligned saketini to a state of floral elegance by mixing Plymouth gin with oak-aged Junmai sake, sweet maraschino liqueur, and salted cherry blossoms.

Featured in: Cocktail Rehab for the Saketini

Ingredients

Salted cherry blossoms, to garnish
2 ¹⁄₂ oz. sake
1 oz. gin
¹⁄₄ tsp. maraschino liqueur

Instructions

Step 1

In a small bowl, soak some cherry blossoms in hot tap water for 10 minutes. Pour the blossoms through a fine sieve, and rinse in cold water. Drain and dry thoroughly with paper towels.

Step 2

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, stir the sake with the gin and maraschino liqueur. Strain into a cocktail glass, and garnish with cherry blossom before serving.

In a small bowl, soak some cherry blossoms in hot tap water for 10 minutes. Pour the blossoms through a fine sieve, and rinse in cold water. Drain and dry thoroughly with paper towels.
In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, stir the sake with the gin and maraschino liqueur. Strain into a cocktail glass, and garnish with cherry blossom before serving.