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A rich, transportive guide to the world of Japanese cocktails from acclaimed bartender Julia Momos of Kumiko

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYVANITY FAIR A feast for the senses and a new benchmark for the bartending genre.Jim Meehan, author ofMeehans Bartender ManualandThe PDT Cocktail Book

With its studious devotion to tradition, craftsmanship, and hospitality, Japanese cocktail culture is an art form treated with reverence. In this essential guide, Japanese American bartender Julia Momosof Kumiko and Kikk in Chicago takes us on a journey into this realm. She educates and inspires while breaking down master techniques and delving into the soul of the culture: the traditions and philosophy, the tools and the spiritsand the complex layering of these elements that makes this approach so significant.

The recipes are inspired by the twenty-four micro-seasons that define the flow of life in Japan. Enter a world where the spiced woodsy cocktail called Autumns Jacket evokes the smoldering burn of smoking rice fields in fall, and where the Delicate Refusal tells the tale of springs tragic beauty, with tequila blanco and a flutter of sakura petals. Perfected classics like the Manhattan and Negroni, riffs on some of Japans most beloved cocktails like the Whisky Highball, and even alcohol-free drinks influenced by ingredients such as yuzu, matcha, and um round out the collection.