For Mezcalicus Sake Recipe
A dry, delicate stirred drink of sake with a little mezcal and bergamot liqueur: soft rice notes, a wisp of smoke and floral citrus.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Coupe glass
- ABV: 18%
- Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
- Sake50 ml (1.7 oz)
- Mezcal15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Bergamot liqueur15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Angostura bitters4 drop
- Saline solution3 drop
How to Make It
- Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice.
- Stir until well chilled.
- Strain into a chilled Nick and Nora or coupe glass.
- Express a lime zest twist over the drink and use it as garnish.
Garnish
Lime zest twist
What it tastes like
It smells of lemon and lime peel, it carries a floral top note and smoke dominates the nose.
The technique
Stirring. All-spirit drinks are stirred — shaking whips air into them and ruins both the clarity and the texture. Thirty to forty seconds in a mixing glass, the spoon tracing the wall. You are after the same ~20% dilution, just slower and under control.
Glass and ice
A stemmed, shallow coupe. The stem keeps your hand's warmth away from the drink, and the wide bowl carries the aroma to your nose. Served without ice.
Ingredient notes and substitutes
- Mezcal
- The Mexican spirit whose smoke comes from roasting the agave in a stone pit. It can stand in for tequila, but the smoke walks over everything else; starting half and half is the balanced move.
- Bergamot liqueur
- Bergamot liqueur, such as Italicus. It is the same citrus note you know from Earl Grey tea — floral and lightly bitter, and it is usually paired with sparkling wine.
- Angostura bitters
- The salt of the cocktail world. Measured in dashes, not millilitres: a few of them cut the sweetness and add spice. One bottle lasts years.
- Saline solution
- One part salt to five parts water. A few drops will not make the drink salty; they suppress bitterness and push the fruit forward — the same job salt does in food.
The Story
A contemporary recipe whose name puns on its three bottles — mezcal, Italicus and sake; drops of bitters and saline are optional seasoning.
Frequently asked questions
- How is a For Mezcalicus Sake mixed?
- It is stirred and served in a coupe.
- How strong is a For Mezcalicus Sake?
- Roughly 18% ABV as served — in fortified-wine territory — plan it as a single drink.
- Can a For Mezcalicus Sake be made without alcohol?
- Simply leaving the spirit out does not work — the body and the bitterness go with it. The 86 alcohol-free recipes in the catalogue are built to hit that balance from the start.
- Is a For Mezcalicus Sake hard to make?
- Easy. No bar kit required — a measure, ice and a jar will do.
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