Midori: Melon Liqueur Review + 9 Cocktail Recipes

Мидори (Midori) – This is a Japanese melon cocktail liqueur with an intense green color, achieved by adding dyes.

Midori Fortress is 20-21 degrees. The taste of the drink, despite its melon nature, is dominated by banana notes. Liquor is easily recognizable, thanks to the characteristic frosted bottles.

They also make from melon: liqueurs and liqueurs, tinctures, syrup

How to drink Midori liqueur

In view of the extreme sweetness of the drink, it is used exclusively in mixes and cocktails. At the same time, in the first case, juices with a high acid content are considered an ideal pair for a green eccentric: cranberry, pineapple, lemon, red orange juice, etc.

Among the most popular cocktails with Midori are: “Japanese slipper” (more precisely, “Japanese braid”), “Universe”, “Alligator on acid” and some others.

Japanese slipper

List of ingredients

1. Midori – 25 ml

2. Cointreau liqueur – 25 ml

3. Lemon fresh – 25 ml

4. Cocktail cherry – 1 piece

Method of preparation

1. Mix all liquids in a shaker with ice.

2. Pour through a strainer into a highball.

3. Decorate with cherries.

Cocktail Universe

List of ingredients

1. Midori – 15 ml

2. Vodka – 15 ml

3. Pistachio liqueur – 15 ml

4. Lime juice – 15 ml

5. Pineapple juice – 45 ml

Method of preparation

Mix all ingredients in a champagne glass.

alligator on acid

List of ingredients

1. Midori – 20 ml

2. Twenty masters – 20 ml

3. Malibu liqueur – 20 ml

4. Pineapple juice – 40 ml

Method of preparation

1. Shake Midori, Malibu and juice in a shaker with ice.

2. Pour through a strainer into a glass.

3. Add Jägermeister in a thin stream.

antifreeze cocktail recipe

List of ingredients

1. Midori – 15 ml

2. Golden rum – 20 ml

3. Pineapple juice – 90 ml

4. Lemon syrup – 30 ml

Method of preparation

1. Shake all ingredients in a shaker with crushed ice.

2. Pour through a strainer into a hurricane.

melon breeze

List of ingredients

1. Midori – 30 ml

2. Vodka – 15 ml

3. Cranberry juice – 45 ml

4. Pineapple juice – 45 ml

Method of preparation

1. Shake all ingredients in a shaker with ice.

2. Pour through a strainer into a highball.

Green Caribbean

List of ingredients

1. Midori – 30 ml

2. Light rum – 30 ml

3. Soda – to taste

4. Lemon – 1 slice

Method of preparation

1. Shake rum and Midori in a shaker with ice.

2. Pour through a strainer into a glass.

3. Add soda.

4. Mix everything carefully.

5. Put a slice of lemon on the bottom.

Kazi cocktail

List of ingredients

1. Midori – 30 ml

2. Vodka – 30 ml

3. Lime juice – 15 ml

4. Lime – 1 slice

Method of preparation

1. Shake all liquids in a shaker with ice.

2. Pour through a strainer into a glass.

3. Decorate with lime.

Salem witch cocktail

List of ingredients

1. Midori – 15 ml

2. Vodka – 15 ml

3. Raspberry liqueur – 15 ml

4. Syrup Grenadine – 5 ml

5. Lime juice – 5 ml

6. Soda – to taste

Method of preparation

1. Pour all ingredients except soda and syrup into collins with ice.

2. Add soda.

3. Mix lightly.

4. Pour in the syrup.

Fruit cocktail

List of ingredients

1. Midori – 15 ml

2. Banana liqueur – 15 ml

3. Vodka – 15 ml

Method of preparation

1. Combine liqueurs in a mixing glass.

2. Transfer to a glass.

3. Top with a bar spoon carefully add vodka.

Relevance: 10.11.2017

Tags: Liqueurs, Pourings, Liqueurs, Brands of liqueurs