This recipe started life as the “Yuzu Breakfast Martini” on the site for Monin, a syrup company. There’s already a kajillion “Breakfast Martini” cocktails, and it’s hardly even a martini. We’ve taken the liberty of renaming it, and took the inspiration from this haiku by Basho:
I am one
Who eats his breakfast
Gazing at morning glories
asagao ni / ware wa meshi kû / otoko kana
We tweaked the recipe to more closely match a traditional gin sour proportion and the result is just right: not too sweet, not too tart, pillowy-soft, and fragrant with the scent of yuzu and lemon.
