Greetings from the land of the rising sun with the "Nihon Goya"

2 cocktails: 8 cl goya fruit juice, 4 cl rum, 4 cl vodka, 1 cl Cointreau.

With greetings from Japan and in pursuit of new bitter tastes that can be used in cocktails. The goya fruit looks like a cucumber and belongs to the same family of plants. But its skin has a distinct bitterness which we here use for this simple, non-refined cocktail.

Squeeze about 8 cl of juice from the green skin parts, for example using a garlic press. Mix this juice with either 4 cl of rum or 4 cl vodka for the brown and green variety of this concoction, respectively. For sweetness add a dash of Cointreau each. Add ice and stir. Done.

Because of limited resources at the time of its inception this is not a particularly refined recipe. The taste is interesting nonetheless and warrants further exploration. Future experimentation will have to show if similar flavors can be extracted from the much thinner skin of cucumbers in the grocery store back home.

Zum Wohl, cheers, enjoy.