What is Midori?
Midori is a liqueur made of melons. He is sometimes drunk alone or with ice, but is most often used in fruit mixtures such as the illusion of Midori. The word Midori in Japanese simply means "green" and is an ideal description of this liqueur - which has a rich green color reminiscent of green absinthe. In America, Suntory is perhaps the best known as a company that produces Bill Murray whiskey, making advertising in Sophia Coppola Lost in Translation - a film that was freely based on his own experience with the father of Coppoles at the end of the 70s. Suntory introduced his first alcohol with a melon flavor in 1971, called Hermes Melon, but this liqueur has never achieved any popularity outside Japan. In 1978, however, Suntory tried to release their liqueur Midori Melon again and that time everything went well.
Opening party that took place in Studio 54 in New YorTo the peak of its popularity, it helped to push Midori into the mainstream. Another well-focused placement of the product also helped make Midori with the new HIP drink among the growing crowd of club visitors-for example, the last shot of the film Saturday's Night Fever is from Midori's billboard. In the same year he won a signature cocktail using Midori, called the Universe, the first place in the annual American Guild Bartenders' Guild.
Midori comes only in one size, an attractive designed 70Cl bottle made of textured glass, which shows a bright green liqueur color. The bottle is roughly square and narrows up. The Midori label is very underestimated, with the logo of the small mark on the front of the bottle.
As a liqueur, Midori is quite alcoholic at 40 evidence (20%). It is somewhat syrup and has gravity 1.0513, which makes it somewhere in the middle range for layered drinks - roughly the same gravity as Irish cream or cherry brandy. The taste is initially doceLa gentle, but as the palette gets used to the drink, the tastes come much more strongly.
The prevailing flavor is, of course, a taste of melon. Unlike some liqueurs that keep their tastes very fine, Midori is definitely a melon drink. The taste is most like honey or other similar melon, with a strong sweetness that can best be compensated by tonic water or something similar. Many drinks are produced using Midori and in addition to signature cocktails such as the universe and illusion, classic drinks such as Martini or Margarita can be replaced by Midori for one of the ingredients.