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Shinzo No Tobira

Stirred, diluted, and salted to taste. Minimal in the way that takes real work.

GlassCoupe
GarnishMatcha-dusted warabi mochi
6ozCoupe holds 6 oz of liquidStemmed, served up. The liquid is the whole drink.

Build

Japanese Mix1½ oz45 ml1 oz30 ml2 oz60 ml2 ½ oz75 ml3 oz90 ml
Mugwort Shochu½ oz15 ml⅜ oz10 ml⅝ oz20 ml⅞ oz25 ml1 oz30 ml
water½ oz15 ml⅜ oz10 ml⅝ oz20 ml⅞ oz25 ml1 oz30 ml
wasanbon sugar1 bar spoon5 ml
Spritz of 25 Percent Saline Solutionto taste

Rescaled to your 1 oz30 ml pour. Written around 1½ oz45 ml.

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Rescaled to your 2 oz60 ml pour. Written around 1½ oz45 ml.

Rescaled to your 2 ½ oz75 ml pour. Written around 1½ oz45 ml.

Rescaled to your 3 oz90 ml pour. Written around 1½ oz45 ml.

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Preparations

Japanese Mix12 hoursproject

Warm two cups of soy milk with a teaspoon of agar agar until dissolved. Add another two cups of soy milk, four cups of kome shochu, three-quarters of a cup of kinako and a cup and a half of molasses. Chill twelve hours, then strain through cheesecloth.

Mugwort Shochu24 hoursproject

Steep half an ounce of dry mugwort in a bottle of kome shochu for a day at room temperature, then strain.

25 Percent Saline Solution10 minutessee method

Place 1 oz of salt in a measuring cup. Add warm water until you reach 4 oz and the salt has dissolved. Let the solution cool before using or storing.

Method

  1. Add everything except the saline solution to a mixing glass, fill it two-thirds with ice, and stir until cold.
  2. Strain into the glass and spritz with the saline solution.
  3. Garnish with matcha-dusted warabi mochi.

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