# Japanese Cocktail

Cognac, orgeat, and aromatic bitters form a foundational stirred cocktail whose dry brandy structure keeps the almond syrup far from tropical territory.

Strength: 32% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [Cognac](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cognac.md)
- 15 ml [Orgeat syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/orgeat-syrup.md)
- 2 dashes [Angostura bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/angostura-bitters.md)

## Glassware

Coupe glass

## Garnish

- Lemon twist — Express the peel oils over the drink and drop the twist into the glass.

## Method

1. Stir all ingredients with cubed ice for about 30 seconds until thoroughly chilled and diluted.
2. Strain into a chilled coupe.

## Related drinks

- [Sazerac](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/sazerac.md): Cognac, sugar, and Peychaud’s bitters served in an absinthe-rinsed glass.
- [Stinger](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/stinger.md): Cognac softened and cooled by white crème de menthe.
- [East India Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/east-india-cocktail.md): Tiny measures of pineapple, curaçao, maraschino, and bitters season Cognac without turning this nineteenth-century drink into either a sour or a tropical punch.
- [French Connection](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/french-connection.md): A restrained measure of amaretto rounds Cognac with silky texture and bittersweet stone-fruit-kernel perfume without burying the brandy's fruit and oak.
- [Corpse Reviver No. 1](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/corpse-reviver-no-1.md): Cognac, Calvados, and sweet vermouth make a dark, spirit-forward member of the loosely named Corpse Reviver family, entirely unlike the bright gin-and-citrus No. 2.
- [Chicago Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/chicago-cocktail.md): Cognac, curaçao, and bitters meet a restrained Champagne top beneath a sugar-crusted rim, placing this 1922 drink between the Champagne Cocktail and Brandy Crusta.
- [Sidecar](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/sidecar.md): A crisp Cognac sour balanced with orange liqueur and lemon.
- [Conference](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/conference.md): A four-spirit Old Fashioned uniting rye, bourbon, Cognac, and Calvados with demerara and bitters.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/japanese-cocktail
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/japanese-cocktail-10721b49.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/japanese-cocktail