Nigori Sakura Hana

Nigori Sakura Hana

Sake
Soy milk
Jasmine essence or jasmine flowers
Simple syrup or sugar
A drop of grenadine syrup
Ice

Procedures:
Infuse soy milk with jasmine flowers by soaking them in the liquid for a few minutes. Discard flowers or use as garnish. In a shaker, combine sake, soy milk, simple syrup and ice. Pour onto a zombie glass and garnish with a pandan leaf, jasmine blossom and a drop of grenadine syrup.
This is a sake concoction I have come up with. It is still under experimentation to come up with the exact measurements to achieve the best taste and appearance. I'll keep you posted on the final measurements.

I got this idea when I was online looking for Sake concoctions when I stumbled on this site with a .pdf file showing a menu of their sake products. I saw something that says "Nigori Sake - unfiltered, sweet milky taste." I was inspired by the phrase "sweet milky taste." I thought of something that is milky in color and sweet and that is still cognizant of the Japanese beverage. Soya milk came to my mind and from there I started formulating a recipe. As a twist, I thought of infusing the soya milk with jasmine flowers and adding sugar or syrup to sweeten it. Japan is synonymous with cherry blossoms or "sakura" for cherry and "hana" for flowers or blossoms. I used Nigori to acknowledge the inspiration. Thus, I came up with Nigori Sakura Hana. Enjoy!

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I’m back with a refreshing beverage. I wasn’t able to update my blog because I was preoccupied with work. But don’t fret, I’m here now. Yesterday, I was having breakfast with my friend. I had an apple flavored tea and he had an orange juice. I want to have some of his drink, so what I did is I poured in half of the orange juice in my apple tea bottle, gave it a good dose of shake. I tried to taste it with a slight disgust and ickiness from my friend’s face. Then he asked, "How does it taste?" Well, it was very good, surprisingly. So, I want you to try this either as a non alcoholic beverage or with a good amount of booze.

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Ingredients:
4 jiggers Apple flavored green tea
2 jiggers Fresh orange juice (bottled would do, try Tropicana)
1 to 2 jiggers Brandy (optional)
1 t Blue Curacao (optional)
Crushed ice
Orange wheel
Lemon wheel
Maraschino cherry

Procedures:
In a shaker, pour in all the ingredients together with the crushed ice. Shake well. Strain in to a stylish, frosted high glass garnished with the orange, lemon and cherry on the rim. Arrange them one on back of the other.