Kamikaze

The Kamikaze is a Cocktail consisting of Vodka, Triple Sec, and Lime Juice.

News Articles

Classic Cosmopolitans. Restaurants Hospitality, April, 2001, by Robert Plotkin:

"In the 1980s the Gimlet morphed into the Kamikaze, the ultra popular cocktail made with vodka, Rose's lime juice, and a shot of Cointreau. Even now in its third decade, an icy Kamikaze in classy stemware is a "can't miss" proposition."

Anecdotes

"a Kamikaze was originally simply a shot of cheap vodka that had been doctored with a few drops of Rose's lime juice as a smoothing agent. As cheap vodkamakers started adding sugar and citric acid on their own to the bottles, the practice became less popular. People forgot why you'd add such a small amount of Rose's to a Kamikaze and so it turned into another name for a Gimlet. Somewhere along the line someone added some triple sec, and you got the new Kamikaze." - Mbanu, Webtender Forum.

Recipes

Recipe#1:Cheryl Charming

• 1 1/2 Vodka,
• 1/2 Triple Sec,
• 1/4 Rose's Lime.

Shake with Ice, and strain into Rocks glass.

Recipe#2: Dale DeGroff, King Cocktail

• 2 oz. Vodka
• 1/2 oz. Triple Sec or Cointreau
• 1/2 Roses Lime Juice
• 2 Lime wedges

Squeeze lime wedges into a mixing glass and drop them in, add ingredients and ice. Shake well and serve in 4 one ounce shot glasses. Or serve as a cocktail in a chilled martini glass.