A few weekends ago I found myself at the Union Street Festival with Dear, Yum, and Geek. We started off at Umami, a sushi restaurant where Dear is friends with the bartender. As a favor to us, she had him make his specialty: a vodka tangerine mash up. It's an original concoction that he calls a faded crane, but I like calling it a vodka tan mash up. Refreshingly wonderful, this drink isn't too sweet, too sour, or too strong. In fact its only problem is that it goes down a little too easily - so drink carefully when you consume these. I'll definitely be serving them at my next party and you can too. Get the recipe, just read more


Vodka Tan Mash Up
From Umami

1 tangerine, cut into four wedges
2 oz vodka
1 tsp fine sugar (or small sugar cube)
1-2 dashes of bitters
soda water
juice of one lime

  1. In a chilled old fashioned glass, muddle tangerine, sugar and bitters.
  2. Add ice, pour vodka and lime juice over it and stir.
  3. Top off with a quality soda water. Drink up!

Serves 1.

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