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Japanese bartending

Japanese Cocktail Books
Cocktails

The Japanese Cocktail, Reconsidered

Julia Momosé's The Way of the Cocktail and Masahiro Urushido's The Japanese Art of the Cocktail offer contrasting, modern perspectives on the Japanese approach to bartending.

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  • story: Christopher Ross
  • photo: Kevin Miyazaki
japanese hard shake
Cocktails

The Myth of the Japanese Hard Shake

What many assume to be the de facto Japanese style has been misunderstood for nearly a decade.

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  • story: Chloe Frechette
  • photo: Eric Medsker
Cobbler Shaker
Cocktails

In Defense of the Cobbler Shaker

Can the three-piece shaker produce discernibly different drinks than its two-tinned counterpart?

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  • story: Chloe Frechette
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Japanese Bartending Technique
Cocktails

Understanding Japanese Bartending in Five Techniques

A few idiosyncratic methods offer a window into why Japanese bartending has become an object of fascination—and fetishization.

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  • story: Chloe Frechette
  • photos: Eric Medsker
Japanese Style Bar Tools
Cocktails

How Japanese Are Japanese Bar Tools?

The tools we associate with Japanese bartending have come to symbolize the style’s dedication to precision. But they are, by and large, of Western origin.

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  • story: Chloe Frechette
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Japanese Highball Cocktail
Cocktails

The Japanese Way to a Better Highball

Ice, whiskey, soda—that's all there really is to a whiskey highball, right? Not so in Japan. Hannah Kirshner on what the experience of a traditional tea ceremony taught her about…

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  • story: Hannah Kirshner
  • photos: Lizzie Munro
japanese bartending gen yamamoto tokyo
Cocktails

What Exactly Is a ‘Japanese-Style’ Cocktail Bar?

Americans have been enamored of the precision and ritual of Japanese bartending for decades. But what exactly defines the Japanese style? Christopher Ross on its history, evolution and relationship to…

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  • story: Christopher Ross
  • photo: Daniel Krieger
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Angel’s Share

Hidden on the upstairs floor of a Japanese restaurant, Village Yokocho, Angel's Share can be found through a door in the back of the room. Though an undisputed pioneer within…

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  • story: Leslie Pariseau
The Wines of Right Now
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The Wines of Right Now

We spoke to 150 sommeliers and retailers around the country to assemble a list of the 15 producers who represent the wine zeitgeist right now.

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