Latitude 42 Vodka · Recipe 05
Sakura Vodka Tonic
Cherry blossom deserves its own drink.
Ingredients
- 50 ml Latitude 42 Vodka
- 15 ml cherry blossom syrup
- 150 ml premium floral tonic
- 2 dashes lemon bitters
Method
Build. Serve in a Collins / highball glass. Garnish with Cherry blossom (dried) + lemon twist.
Cherry blossom syrup: steep 1 tbsp dried cherry blossoms (available at Japanese grocers) in 250ml warm 1:1 syrup, 15 min, strain.
The story
Hanami — Japan's cherry blossom viewing tradition — is a national act of seasonal awareness. The blossoms last two weeks. You go to observe their beauty and their transience. A cherry blossom syrup captures the flavour of that moment: delicate, faintly floral, and impossible to replicate with any other ingredient. This vodka tonic uses that syrup as a bridge between Latitude 42's clean body and a floral tonic water. The result is a drink that looks like spring and tastes like the specific week when everything is in bloom.
Tasting note
Pale pink and gently effervescent. The blossom note is present without being perfumed — a whisper of cherry and almond. The tonic's quinine adds structure.