Spirit-ual Awakening: Yuzu Shochu Cocktail & Mocktail Recipe
Refresh your senses with this zesty, yuzu shochu cocktail (or mocktail). With cucumber, jasmine green tea, citrus flavors, and mint, this is a great recipe for renewal, awakening, and new beginnings. And of course, I made a nonalcoholic version as well!
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- Fresh Cucumber ~ rejuvenation
- Mint sprig ~ calm, refreshing, the mind
- Jasmine Green Tea Simple Syrup ( 1 jasmine green tea bag, steeped in 1/2 cup hot water and 1/2 cup sugar stirred in) ~ conscious mind, spiritual elevation
- Lavender bitters (I used All the Bitter for a nonalcoholic-friendly option)~ peace, purification
- Yuzu juice (which you can get online) ~ renewal, awakening, resilience
- Grapefruit juice (always freshly squeezed) ~ purification, positivity
- Shochu for cocktail, Seedlip Garden 108
- (Optional) Triple sec for cocktail, Lyre’s Orange Sec for mocktail ~ inspiration, creativity, joy
- (Optional) Soda water – you can forego and just make it Shochu sour
Spirit-ual Awakening: Yuzu Shochu Cocktail & Mocktail Recipe
Ingredients
Jasmine Green Tea Simple Syrup
- 1 bag jasmine green tea
- 1/2 cup hot water
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
Yuzu Shochu Cocktail
- 2 slices cucumber
- 1 sprig mint
- 4 drops lavender bitters
- 3/4 oz jasmine green simple
- 1/2 oz 100% yuzu juice
- 1/2 oz grapefruit juice freshly squeezed
- 1/2 oz triple sec optional
- 1.5 oz shochu
- 1 oz soda water (double for mocktail if not using nonalcoholic substitutions)
- cucumber & mint srig for garnish
Yuzu Mocktail-Specific Substitutions
- 1.5 oz Seedlip Garden 108 (instead of shochu, optional)
- 1/2 oz Lyre's Orange Sec (instead of triple sec, optional)
- 4 drops nonalcoholic Lavender Bitters
Instructions
Jasmine Green Tea Syrup
- Steep jasmine green tea in hot water for 5-10 minutes. Stir in sugar until dissolved.
Drink Recipe
- To a shaker, add cucumber, mint, bitters, and jasmine syrup. For cucumber and mint-forward flavors, muddle cucumber and mint.
- Add in yuzu, grapefruit, shochu or seedlip, and triple sec or orange sec (optional). Add ice and shake firmly to express cucumber and mint.
- Strain or dump into glass over ice and add soda water if going for spritzer. Alternatively, you can enjoy in a stemmed cocktail glass as a yuzu sour without the bubbles. Garnish with cucumber and mint, & enjoy!
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