Sakura Martini

Kenta Goto, Bar Goto, New York City, 2015.

Sake, Gin, Maraschino ABV 19%

One 75ml serving of Sakura Martini contains calories

This drink rewrites the Martini’s grammar. Sake takes the place of vermouth as the modifying ingredient, softening the gin with a clean, rice-grain quality that dry vermouth never quite achieves. Maraschino adds a subtle sweetness and complexity without pulling the drink in either direction.

The salted cherry blossom garnish is not optional. The savoury note it contributes transforms the drink: without it, you have a very good cocktail; with it, you have something that earns its name. We age it for six weeks.

Delicate and considered. The kind of drink that takes a second glass before you fully understand it.

Kenta Goto, Bar Goto, New York City, 2015.

Sake, Gin, Maraschino ABV 19%

One 75ml serving of Sakura Martini contains calories

This drink rewrites the Martini’s grammar. Sake takes the place of vermouth as the modifying ingredient, softening the gin with a clean, rice-grain quality that dry vermouth never quite achieves. Maraschino adds a subtle sweetness and complexity without pulling the drink in either direction.

The salted cherry blossom garnish is not optional. The savoury note it contributes transforms the drink: without it, you have a very good cocktail; with it, you have something that earns its name. We age it for six weeks.

Delicate and considered. The kind of drink that takes a second glass before you fully understand it.

Kenta Goto, Bar Goto, New York City, 2015.

Sake, Gin, Maraschino ABV 19%

One 75ml serving of Sakura Martini contains calories

This drink rewrites the Martini’s grammar. Sake takes the place of vermouth as the modifying ingredient, softening the gin with a clean, rice-grain quality that dry vermouth never quite achieves. Maraschino adds a subtle sweetness and complexity without pulling the drink in either direction.

The salted cherry blossom garnish is not optional. The savoury note it contributes transforms the drink: without it, you have a very good cocktail; with it, you have something that earns its name. We age it for six weeks.

Delicate and considered. The kind of drink that takes a second glass before you fully understand it.

Kenta Goto, Bar Goto, New York City, 2015.

Sake, Gin, Maraschino ABV 19%

One 75ml serving of Sakura Martini contains calories

This drink rewrites the Martini’s grammar. Sake takes the place of vermouth as the modifying ingredient, softening the gin with a clean, rice-grain quality that dry vermouth never quite achieves. Maraschino adds a subtle sweetness and complexity without pulling the drink in either direction.

The salted cherry blossom garnish is not optional. The savoury note it contributes transforms the drink: without it, you have a very good cocktail; with it, you have something that earns its name. We age it for six weeks.

Delicate and considered. The kind of drink that takes a second glass before you fully understand it.

Kenta Goto, Bar Goto, New York City, 2015.

Sake, Gin, Maraschino ABV 19%

One 75ml serving of Sakura Martini contains calories

This drink rewrites the Martini’s grammar. Sake takes the place of vermouth as the modifying ingredient, softening the gin with a clean, rice-grain quality that dry vermouth never quite achieves. Maraschino adds a subtle sweetness and complexity without pulling the drink in either direction.

The salted cherry blossom garnish is not optional. The savoury note it contributes transforms the drink: without it, you have a very good cocktail; with it, you have something that earns its name. We age it for six weeks.

Delicate and considered. The kind of drink that takes a second glass before you fully understand it.